Would your onboarding process catch a Soham?

This software engineer worked for multiple startups at the same time.

Jul 22, 2025

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A software engineer worked for multiple startups at the same time. And none of them knew - until one founder blew the whistle on X.

This actually happened a couple of weeks ago. In 2025. In some of the most hyped, well-funded startups around.

Soham Parekh aced interviews, made excuses, collected paychecks, and barely shipped a line of real code. It took months - months - for some teams to even notice something was off.

So my question to you is: Would your onboarding process catch someone like this?

Would your onboarding process catch a Soham?

This software engineer worked for multiple startups at the same time.

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