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People you should consider not hiring due to bad behavior.
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Members of TrueUp's Illegal Technologists list
Convicted of crimes (or accused of crimes)
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North Korean operatives using deepfakes to pose as US tech workers
Not real people and you are funding their regime
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Anyone who puts a certificate from a 1-week training at Harvard Business School, MIT, or Stanford as their education on LinkedIn
Not serious people
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Forbes 30 Under 30 Winners
Likely to eventually commit fraud and scam people
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Roy Lee
Founder of Cluely
Admitted to using AI to cheat on interviews. Offers rescinded from Amazon, Meta, and TikTok.
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Soham Parekh
Over-employed software engineer
Caught working for at least 5 YC startups at the same time
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Andy Byron
Ex-CEO of Astronomer
Caught on kiss-cam having an affair with his Chief People Officer