• then_three_more@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Nepo baby implies someone who’s there only because of who they’re the child of. This is more old fashioned having connections and knowing the right people because your family moves in those circles.

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      23 hours ago

      Having Pratchett as a surname surely gets your foot into the door but it doesn’t get you short-listed. Her track record does that.

      True nepotism would be her getting hired by someone because the hiring company wants to get into good graces with her father so he’ll bestow them some boon. That won’t work for reasons ranging from Terry not having that kind of power over him not being that kind of asshole to him being dead.