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

290 points jshchnz | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | 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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voidUpdate ◴[04 Jul 25 09:28 UTC] No.44462844[source]▶
> He estimated that he was bringing in $30,000 to $40,000 per month

Doesn't sound like "extremely dire financial circumstances" to me...

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cardanome ◴[04 Jul 25 09:44 UTC] No.44462952[source]▶
Could be a gambling addiction
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voidUpdate ◴[04 Jul 25 10:36 UTC] No.44463257[source]▶
That's a hell of a gambling addiction when he's making about 10 times what I am. You'd think you'd stop if you were just flushing that money down the toilet and not winning anything from the gambling
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1. cardanome ◴[04 Jul 25 13:45 UTC] No.44464504[source]▶
Well if you are winning money, you need to keep going as to not waste your lucky streak. If you are losing, you need to double down to win back what you lost. You need to keep going, as long as you do, the loses are not real, you can still turn it around. You need to play one more game. One more. You don't want to face she consequences of your action, you are in too deep. Your life will be ruined. There is no escape. It is to late to stop anyway, might as well keep playing.

Many people don't understand how serious gambling addictions is. It destroys families. I can be as bad as any drug related addiction if not worse.

Though that was just one guess. There are many money sinks. Porn, gacha games and so on.