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

290 points jshchnz | 2 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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gargoyle9123 ◴[02 Jul 25 23:50 UTC] No.44450088[source]▶
We hired Soham.

I can tell you it's because he's actually a very skilled engineer. He will blow the interviews completely out of the water. Easily top 1% or top 0.1% of candidates -- other startups will tell you this as well.

The problem is when the job (or work-trial in our case) actually starts, it's just excuses upon excuses as to why he's missing a meeting, or why the PR was pushed late. The excuses become more ridiculous and unbelievable, up until it's obvious he's just lying.

Other people in this thread are incorrect, it's not a dev. shop. I worked with Soham in-person for 2 days during the work-trial process, he's good. He left half of each day with some excuse about meeting a lawyer.

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snthpy ◴[03 Jul 25 06:13 UTC] No.44452130[source]▶
Do employment contracts in the US not normally have "sole focus" clauses? We have those in my location.
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FootballBat ◴[03 Jul 25 15:51 UTC] No.44456283[source]▶
Employment contracts in the US are rare.
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lproven ◴[04 Jul 25 14:02 UTC] No.44464669[source]▶
> Employment contracts in the US are rare.

Really? Does that mean what it say: you get a job and you do not get a written contract?

I don't think, in 38 years of working in 3 different countries, I've ever NOT had a written contract, even for temp or contractor roles. WTAF?

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1. toast0 ◴[04 Jul 25 16:58 UTC] No.44466108[source]▶
For established companies, I've always had a written employment agreement which discussed some terms common to all employees, including anti-moonlighting, usually ip assignment, etc. But I don't think I've ever had a contract that described what I going to do... maybe when I worked for a school district, but there my position title didn't actually match the work anyway; the position title was about being a tech helper in the classroom, but my position was at the district office with field work that only rarely had interaction with students.
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2. lproven ◴[04 Jul 25 19:20 UTC] No.44467145[source]▶
I am shocked, and FWIW so is my wife (Czech) and my elderly mum.