Moonlighting pro Soham Parekh secures new job at AI startup after Silicon Valley scandal, 'He'll prove everyone wrong'
In a statement, Darwin's CEO and founder Sanjit Juneja commended the techie, accused of juggling multiple jobs at once, and suggested that there is 'something even greater to prove than just his love for software.'
Calling Parekh a '10x engineer,' he defended his recruitment and said, "Soham is an incredibly talented engineer, and we believe in his abilities to help bring our products to market." He suggested that there is 'something even greater to prove than just his love for software.' Meanwhile, Soham Parekh admitted that he will no longer be taking on multiple jobs.
Founder of AI company HyperSpell, Conor Brennan-Burke, also offered an engineering role to Parekh in his company and said that he believes in second chances. Sharing the e-mail, Burke wrote, 'He's definitely learned his lesson now and is going to work insanely hard to prove everyone wrong. Massive opportunity to bring on top talent with a chip on their shoulder.'
Soham Parekh's moonlighting scandal first surfaced when Playground AI founder Suhail Doshi exposed the Indian techie and called him a "scammer" on X. The warning message stated, 'There's a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups at the same time. He's been preying on YC companies and more. Beware.'
The consequences of this post that followed left Soham Parekh in trouble as he was fired from multiple roles while several recruiters flagged him as a risky hire.
Soham Parekh confessed that 'dire financial hardship drove him to make those decisions' about providing false narratives on his whereabouts and his employment situation during his appearance US technology show TBPN show. He said, 'I'm not proud of what I did," about and deceiving employers and added, 'I wish I had the money.'
He clarified that he did not hire junior developers and began taking multiple jobs in 2022, 'before the CoPilot boom' during his stint with US-based startups.
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