This may be a little off topic. But as new Ph.D in geometry/topology area, I have a feeling that it is relatively harder to publish a descent paper. However after seeing some peers who study PDE or Geometric analysis have a lot of paper, like 5-6 papers when graduate and after 3 years posdoc, they will had around 12-15papers, and also have relatively higher citation on mathscinet, I am a little depressed. Even some professors in some good university (rank 50+) can have such publication when admitted as an AP in the geometry/topology area. So should I publish some 'small' results to catch up peers during the beginning of my career or bet on Bigger results, which may not succeed within 1 or 2 years. (sometimes I found the knowledge got from graduate school is far away from enough, or a new tool need to be studied in order to understand something new, this study could take times).