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

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44 points nradov | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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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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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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1. 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.