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

291 points jshchnz | 2 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.508s | source

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. ozim ◴[04 Jul 25 10:28 UTC] No.44463210[source]▶
when their senior leadership often manages their time between the affairs of many companies in their purview

It is kind of tiring for me to read people equating "Elon Musk" with "all those rich guys being CEOs".

When you really are a business owner OFTEN you have to devote 120% of your time and energy for running the company and single one.

People you see on TV flying private jets to expensive holiday destinations are not your average business owners. Elon and the likes are the exception not the norm.

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2. jen20 ◴[06 Jul 25 13:12 UTC] No.44480532[source]▶
Musk isn’t even the first person I thought of here (it was Jack Dorsey).