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

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43 points nradov | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | 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. 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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2. sorcerer-mar ◴[04 Jul 25 23:57 UTC] No.44468995[source]▶
That is exactly in line with what I just stated.