Wouldn’t it be nice if those setting out to perhaps make a career for themselves in a particular field had a guidebook available to them that provided clear, straight-forward advice on not just the formal aspects of how to undertake the work done in that field but also explained the “unwritten” aspects of how those in the field actually got there and how, as it were, the sausage is made? Well for those for whom a career in the field of ecology is the goal – or even for those simply considering if it is right for them – “How To Do Ecology” has provided just such a guidebook since its first edition was published in 2006.