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

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Post by freefaler »

altairprime wrote: post #108

I did two full-time jobs for a month as part of changing jobs fifteen years ago and it’s exceedingly intense but otherwise was fine; eighteen hour waking days leave a lot of boredom time, no matter how many hobbies you have. Employers don’t like this because that’s a lot of work they could have persuaded an employee to provide as unpaid overtime labor instead; much this outrage is simple jealousy. If you’re doing the…

24-18 = 6 hours "non-working" time. Eating, washing and shitting is min 1 hour/day.So 5 hours of bed time with around 4.75 hrs of sleep at most, because we don't fall asleep right away.

The math doesn't work long term. It may be kept for 1-2 months even when a person is 21 yrs old, but I doubt it it can be sustained more than that.

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

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Post by nottorp »

ozim wrote: post #158
nottorp wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So why would you deny me the right to hold several part time contracts instead of a full time "job"? I'm not in those industries.

It is not about denying but showcasing that it might not be as beneficial as you somehow believe.

I'm speaking for myself. I like having several part time contracts more than one full time job.

Of course, that only goes for IT if done remotely.

That's no reason to throw seasonal warehouse jobs at me as a counterexample.

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

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Post by Tade0 »

v5v3 wrote: post #139
baobabKoodaa wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we don't need to take the word of a self-proclaimed fraudster at face value.

Yes. People like that are adept at making you feel for them.

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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Post by killingtime74 »

matwood wrote: post #115
oh_fiddlesticks wrote: post #107

What is the difference between this and leadership being in the committees, boards and executive seats of multiple companies? Why is it the social expectation that an IC must devote 100% of their time and energy to the operations of a single company, when their senior leadership often manages their time between the affairs of many companies in their purview?

IME, employees are on committees and boards (though not public company boards all that often) all the time. The issue here taking multiple full time positions. A CEO being the CEO of multiple companies at once is not common, and when it does happen it tends to draw a lot of scrutiny. CEO is considered a full time job, showing up to a board meeting every quarter is not. The second part of this is disclosure, which was…

One particular CEO in the news is at the head of 3 companies

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

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Post by killingtime74 »

eviks wrote: post #120
oh_fiddlesticks wrote: post #107

What is the difference between this and leadership being in the committees, boards and executive seats of multiple companies? Why is it the social expectation that an IC must devote 100% of their time and energy to the operations of a single company, when their senior leadership often manages their time between the affairs of many companies in their purview?

The difference is pretty explicit in the terms and conditions? By the way, there are also leadership positions with similar limitations on your ability to take outside roles.

Interesting. So elon's terms and conditions says he's a part-time employee?

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

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Post by cardanome »

voidUpdate wrote: post #143
cardanome wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be a gambling addiction

That's a hell of a gambling addiction when he's making about 10 times what I am. You'd think you'd stop if you were just flushing that money down the toilet and not winning anything from the gambling

Well if you are winning money, you need to keep going as to not waste your lucky streak. If you are losing, you need to double down to win back what you lost. You need to keep going, as long as you do, the loses are not real, you can still turn it around. You need to play one more game. One more. You don't want to face she consequences of your action, you are in too deep. Your life will be ruined. There is no escape. It is to late to stop anyway, might as well keep playing.

Many people don't understand how serious gambling addictions is. It destroys families. I can be as bad as any drug related addiction if not worse.

Though that was just one guess. There are many money sinks. Porn, gacha games and so on.

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

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Post by conartist6 »

Aurornis wrote: post #72
NameForComment wrote: post #65

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> I can tell you it's because he's actually a very skilled engineer. He will blow the interviews completely out of the water. Easily top 1% or top 0.1% of candidates -- other startups will tell you this as well. It is hilarious that companies that hired a guy who was scamming them are also convinced they are great at assessing the skill level of devs.

Being a good developer and being a scammer are completely uncorrelated variables. Someone can be a good developer and also be a scammer. I don't understand why you think this is hilarious or weird.

It's hilarious because companies use such scammable ways to define who is "top 0.1%"

Also there's a ton amazing engs out there who want and need work but the companies all only want that one "perfect" guy (or gal), as if such a thing exists

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

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Post by kgwgk »

Aurornis wrote: post #72
NameForComment wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I can tell you it's because he's actually a very skilled engineer. He will blow the interviews completely out of the water. Easily top 1% or top 0.1% of candidates -- other startups will tell you this as well. It is hilarious that companies that hired a guy who was scamming them are also convinced they are great at assessing the skill level of devs.

Being a good developer and being a scammer are completely uncorrelated variables. Someone can be a good developer and also be a scammer. I don't understand why you think this is hilarious or weird.

> Being a good developer and being a scammer are completely uncorrelated variables.

One could expect good developers to be less inclined to fraud as they may not “need” it as much.

That also made me thing of Berkson’s paradox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox

If these were really independent traits they would look negatively correlated as we talk about people who are good OR scammers.

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