New Delhi, July 4 -- A few days ago, Soham Parekh was just another full-stack developer.

Then his name began surfacing across founder circles: Hacker News threads, Slack channels, Twitter jokes, Reddit threads. One YC-backed startup after another realized they'd hired him. Not in sequence-at the same time.

Some found out after a few weeks. One team said he worked with them for nearly a year. The stories converge on the same arc: stellar interviews, fast onboarding, some early output. Then missed meetings. Odd excuses. Gaps in availability. In one case, Soham turned up for a trial in person, then left halfway through the day, saying he had to meet a lawyer.

He didn't disappear. He just kept showing up somewhere else.

The question isn't...