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Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley can't stop hiring?

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45 points nradov | 7 comments | 04 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.801s | source | bottom
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softwaredoug ◴[04 Jul 25 23:28 UTC] No.44468830[source]▶
If the guy is good at the job, why does it matter? Maybe we should think of him more like a folk hero than a criminal.
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1. sorcerer-mar ◴[04 Jul 25 23:29 UTC] No.44468840[source]▶
He sucked at the job (made excuses for being behind on everything). Very good at interviewing.
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2. dyauspitr ◴[04 Jul 25 23:34 UTC] No.44468870[source]▶
Doesn’t sound like it. A tweet says he’s was smart and likable and only let go because they found he was moonlighting. Another tweet says he was a really good coder.
3. enraged_camel ◴[04 Jul 25 23:34 UTC] No.44468872[source]▶
This isn't really true based on at least one account that is noted in the article: https://x.com/mprkhrst/status/1940443347581337925

"Really smart and likable; enjoyed working with him"

People generally don't enjoy working with people who suck at their job.

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4. whoknowsidont ◴[04 Jul 25 23:41 UTC] No.44468918[source]▶
>People generally don't enjoy working with people who suck at their job.

That's news to me. Fabulous news even. Not sure when this change took place but it's for the better.

5. sorcerer-mar ◴[04 Jul 25 23:52 UTC] No.44468969[source]▶
Let me rephrase: this would be interesting if he acquired and succeeded at several high-demand jobs. He did not. It is therefore not that interesting of a story.
6. hardwaresofton ◴[04 Jul 25 23:55 UTC] No.44468986[source]▶
> It turns out that Parekh did quite well in many of these interviews and received offers, largely because he’s a gifted software engineer.

> For instance, Rohan Pandey, a founding research engineer of the YC-backed startup Reworkd, told TechCrunch that he interviewed Parekh for a role and he was a strong candidate. Pandey, who is no longer with the startup, says Parekh was one of the top three performers on an algorithms-focused interview they gave candidates.

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7. sorcerer-mar ◴[04 Jul 25 23:57 UTC] No.44468995[source]▶
That is exactly in line with what I just stated.