Explaining viral startup scandal dramafrom @anushcache

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You guys, I have some mad tier up tea and gossip for you. Trust me, this is way more interesting than whichever pop better you're talking about or whatever Hollywood or Bollywood stars like drama is being shoved down your throat because this is real. This is real and unfolding on Twitter in real time as we speak. So basically, this guy who's a founder who runs in these, like, y Combinator Rank Francisco startup circles tweeted about this one Indian engineer called Soham Parekh, who has been lying and holding multiple jobs with a lot of y combinator startups. I'll tell you what y combinator is in a bit. And he's been lying to them and not delivering on any of his jobs and just racking in the money. And this guy found out that he was doing this a year ago, and he warned him and told him not to be scamming people. But Soham Parekh, our man has been doing it since then. And so he called him out on Better, and this tweet got 15,000,000 views. And all of this drama is basically us watching Soham Parekh speed run his career. Like, I'd never think he's going to have a job again in these startup circles because he's gotten on the wrong side of Y Combinator. Now what is Y Combinator and why are they so important? If you don't no, Y Combinator is like the Harvard of the startup worst, which is a very simplified explanation, but they have, like, a fund where they give startup founders hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have, like, so many founders who have come out of their worse, who run, like, the biggest companies in the world. And so it's like the gold standard of tier up networking, funding, culture, building cool products. Like, they are at the heart of it all. And this guy, Soham Parekh, is trying to run this scam in specifically Y Combinator companies. And you know what the funniest part is better this dude tweeted it out, so many people have been tweeting me like, wait, we just hired Soham Parekh, or we just had a call with him, we just had an interview with him, we were just talking to him, and it's like this dude is all over the place. And so Humparik reached out to this guy and was like, okay. I'm genuinely asking. I know I've ruined it for myself, but is there any way I can make up for it? And I really don't think he can because the president and CEO of Y Combinator tweeted about it too. And so it's pretty much over for you. And if it wasn't for that, the memes have been going crazy online, which your digital footprint is ruined, bro. This is real reality TV, baby. Also, Soham, you ruined it for the rest of us. Okay? People already have, like, low opinions of Indian engineers and how they're all just trying to, like, game the system instead of meaningfully, like, work with people and contribute. And, yeah, that's a stereotype. And, yes, exceptions worst, but Soham Parikh has just reinforced that stereotype. People are like, we need to do KYC and shit now for hiring Indian engineers. And, you know, I don't know what all policy changes are going to happen because of Soham Parikh. But for now, I am enjoying this real life reality TV drama tier that is unfolding with some of the most influential and richest people in the tech and startup circles. And I don't want you to miss out on it because tabloids are not going to report on this. Maybe someday a movie will be made about this, but you should no it right now. Taza Taza as it is happening live. You can go on Twitter and check it out for yourself.