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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: 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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tuckerpo ◴[02 Jul 25 21:42 UTC] No.44449163[source]▶
All anecdotes I see about this dude is: "we hired him and he did a fantastic job, but once we found out he had multiple employment we fired him".

... why? If the guy's doing well by all metrics and not leaking IP, literally, who cares?

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thomassmith65 ◴[03 Jul 25 01:14 UTC] No.44450616[source]▶
This shouldn't come as a revelation, but it's risky to employ people of low character. There's the risk of theft, lawsuits, etc – not to mention, nobody needs the frustration of dealing with lies and flakiness.
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ls-a ◴[05 Jul 25 13:42 UTC] No.44472755[source]▶
Then fire the CEOs, lawyers, investors, and top management with low character.
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1. thomassmith65 ◴[06 Jul 25 05:12 UTC] No.44478015[source]▶
I suppose, in that case, it's risky to employ people of lower character than the people managing them.