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Ask HN: How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs?

291 points jshchnz | 10 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 1.127s | source | bottom

Soham Parekh is all the rage on Twitter right now with a bunch of startups coming out of the woodwork saying they either had currently employed him or had in the past.

Serious question: why aren't so many startups hiring processes filtering out a candidate who is scamming/working multiple jobs?

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oh_fiddlesticks ◴[04 Jul 25 09:22 UTC] No.44462790[source]▶
What is the difference between this and leadership being in the committees, boards and executive seats of multiple companies?

Why is it the social expectation that an IC must devote 100% of their time and energy to the operations of a single company, when their senior leadership often manages their time between the affairs of many companies in their purview?

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1. nottorp ◴[04 Jul 25 09:30 UTC] No.44462859[source]▶
Incidentally, why aren't there more part time positions?

Probably because said leadership would then be unable to keep their employees in meetings since they're supposed to do some actual work once in a while.

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2. aleph_minus_one ◴[04 Jul 25 09:56 UTC] No.44463038[source]▶
> Incidentally, why aren't there more part time positions?

It is obviously easier to manage a small group of people who work full-time than a larger group of people who work part-time. So, if there does not exist a strong wish for part-time positions from the employees, few will be created.

Also, a lot of employees are there "for the money". So getting paid much worse for a part-time position is considered to be the worse deal by many employees.

3. Lyngbakr ◴[04 Jul 25 10:27 UTC] No.44463208[source]▶
At the C-suite level, I'm noticing more "fractional" positions, which — as far as I can tell — is a fancier way of saying part time. (This may be the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon at work, though.)
4. ozim ◴[04 Jul 25 10:35 UTC] No.44463256[source]▶
Go ask wait staff or warehouse workers how much they like their part time jobs.
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5. nottorp ◴[04 Jul 25 10:54 UTC] No.44463374[source]▶
So why would you deny me the right to hold several part time contracts instead of a full time "job"? I'm not in those industries.
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6. account42 ◴[04 Jul 25 11:07 UTC] No.44463443[source]▶
Maybe there are more than you think? Some companies are willing to do reduced time even if it isn't explicitly listed on the offer.
7. ozim ◴[04 Jul 25 12:11 UTC] No.44463839{3}[source]▶
It is not about denying but showcasing that it might not be as beneficial as you somehow believe.
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8. nottorp ◴[04 Jul 25 12:37 UTC] No.44463981{4}[source]▶
I'm speaking for myself. I like having several part time contracts more than one full time job.

Of course, that only goes for IT if done remotely.

That's no reason to throw seasonal warehouse jobs at me as a counterexample.

9. skeeter2020 ◴[04 Jul 25 15:05 UTC] No.44465194{3}[source]▶
because the overhead of a PT or fractional employee is just about as much as a FT one, and why should I give you 100% attention when you only want to give me 50%?
10. asdf6969 ◴[04 Jul 25 19:52 UTC] No.44467361[source]▶
There aren’t formal part time positions but there’s a lot of jobs that only occupy half your full time and don’t ask questions when you disappear for a few hours