I think you'll be fine. The main thing is to choose your research area/field carefully. If you choose one that is very crowded then you won't have as many peopl

I think you'll be fine. The main thing is to choose your research area/field carefully. If you choose one that is very crowded then you won't have as many people banging down your down as if you were one of only a couple people in the field (believe me, there are many such problems).