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

291 points jshchnz | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.45s | 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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baobabKoodaa ◴[04 Jul 25 09:48 UTC] No.44462979[source]▶
Maybe we don't need to take the word of a self-proclaimed fraudster at face value.
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v5v3 ◴[04 Jul 25 10:33 UTC] No.44463234[source]▶
Yes. People like that are adept at making you feel for them.
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Tade0 ◴[04 Jul 25 12:57 UTC] No.44464117[source]▶
He wasn't going for that, otherwise he would be more specific.

This looks like some sort of money sink he's ashamed to admit having. Might be gambling, might be porn. Whatever it is, it's not something he'll garner any compassion for.

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1. v5v3 ◴[05 Jul 25 00:03 UTC] No.44469027[source]▶
He agreed to a YouTube interview with an established channel.

As per his cold emails and interview patter, it is my opinion that he will have considered defence and mitigations arguments to present in the interview.