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Anecdote, but I have to agree with your call-out the author's paragraph about this is detached from the reality I've experienced. I have hired ~45 data roles: ds, de, and analysts. Not once has a PhD been able to outshine any other, less educated, peers. If anything, those that spent excess time in academia enter the roles with a handicap against them, not in favor, for performance. I will admit I've only hired about 3 with PhDs, but each had major soft skill deficiencies. The analogy is honestly quite offensive with hubris and I would encourage the author to not look down on others.It's my opinion you can only make this evaluation on merit of demonstrated skills and academia is an accomplished program. It's supposed to detail skills or assumed expertise, but that's more than ever with the current state of academia : still very assumptive.