A Software Engineer Became X’s Main Character Last Week After Being Oted as a Serial Monlighter at Multiple Silicon Valley Startups.
“PSA: There’s a guy named Soham Parekh (In India) Who Works at 3-4 Startups at the same time,” Wrote Suhail Doshi, The Founder of Ai Design Company PlayGROND, e tuesday. “He’s been preying on yc companies and more. Beware.”
In the comments, founders of other Silicon Valley Companies Shared Similar stories of interviewing, hiring, and often firing the engineer. “Lmfaoo i interviewed this guy yesterday bro im dyingg,” Cluely Ceo Roy Lee Posted on X. Digger Ceo Igor Zalutski Said His Company “Nearly Hired Him,” NEARED HIM The interviews. “
Following the revival, a database named sohamtracker sprang up, revealing that para help at least 19 jobs since 2021 –t least five of which he started in just the last the last two months. “This is pretty hilarious actually lmao. Bow a skit on silicon valley,” One X User Wrote. “The /r /overemployed king,” Another added.
On thursday, parekh appeared on the podcast Tbpn To address the accusations. He admitted he was driven to juggle multiple jobs due to “Dire Dire Financial Circumstans.” He added: “I just thought that if I worked Multiple Places, I Can Basically Help MySelf Alleviate The Situation I was in Much Faster.” Parekh claimed to have been working 140-his weeks-aroughly 20 hours a day-with many hours of the roles requires in-verson attendance. Unsurprisingly, he noted that he’s knowledge friends for not sleeping.
While the hustle might be admirable to some, parekh is hardly alone in embracing silicon valley’s so-called “grindset” mentality. The Subreddit R/Overemployed Currently Hosts “We roast soham parekh, but remmber your company’s making you do five people’s jobs on one person’s salary,” One x user pointed ut.
Ironically, Parekh’s Exposure has Ended Up Working In His Favor – He Landed A New Job at Darwin, An Ai Video Remixing Startup. Still, his actions may have consequences for other Situations. After the soham saga, pretty sure very very few yc startups will hire remote indians, “Wrote Varunram Ganesh, Head of Growth at Payroll Platform Warp, High-Trust Society, which leads to downfall of all the others Around Him. “
But “Everyone’s favorite founding engineer” Insists he meant no harm. “I don’t really care much about the money,” He Told Tbpn“I was really into it for building.”
