> Do you want to be the guy who refused to supervise the daughter of the nth most important person in your field? I never witnessed literal nepotism where fami

> Do you want to be the guy who refused to supervise the daughter of the nth most important person in your field? I never witnessed literal nepotism where family relations were involved. But, this definitely does happen when it comes to academic "family"- a famous advisor's "son" or "daughter" usually has a significant edge.