In that NYPost article Dr Natalie Gosnell isn't discussing the PhD requirement for advancement within the US National Labs .. so you may have to expand your point if you want to make one.
Edit: you've unfortunately been breaking the site guidelines in other places recently too, e.g. with personal attacks and using HN for ideological battle. We end up having to ban accounts that do that. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review the rules and use HN as intended, we'd appreciate it.
I was specifically talking about a PhD requirement as a precursor step in a research career.
> Academia is a shocking hive of nepotism and corruption wherever you are.
Also isn't something discussed by Dr Natalie Gosnell who has her Dr. and a position. Her complaint (in the article you linked) is that " astrophysics .. is paralyzed by “systemic racism and white supremacy” ".
There's no obvious mention of nepo babies in that link that you selected.
My own preference is for astro tangential projects such as
It's largely part of the same rotten thing. You think rampant “systemic racism and white supremacy” and sexism has absolutely no relationship to the presence of nepotism or glass ceilings? Or that its presence in one part of academia has no bearing on whether or not its present in academic-adjacent industry, who could not be expected to have any idea about the problems in academia? Come on.
Not what this person says.