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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by cududa on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:30PM (#44450718)
It’s called team building. You can believe in it or not. You can join a company that values that, or not.
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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by the_real_cher on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:34PM (#44450739)
Where is the line between team and cult?

Cults are a subset of teams.

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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by drewcoo on Thursday July 03, 2025 @04:47AM (#44452986)
> Where is the line between team and cult?

Typically employers pay you and cults don't.

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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by the_real_cher on Friday July 04, 2025 @08:11AM (#44463840)
Cults provide food, housing, and pay in some cases.(scientology employs alot of its members)
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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by skeeter2020 on Friday July 04, 2025 @10:53AM (#44465091)
Why do you need to draw a line? Can there be good cults and bad teams?

Both have implicit contracts, and a contract requires consideration on both sides. The parties define the value of the consideration, so you can have a junior cult member who feels they are getting good value for what they pay, or a SW dev at an insurance company who feels they don't. I also don't see much difference in your ability to affect your situation if you are unhappy with the current state.

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Re:How did Soham Parekh get so many jobs? by the_real_cher on Monday July 07, 2025 @04:25PM (#44494323)
The whole idea of a cult is negative.

Its like saying why cant there be good shark attacks on surfers.

Defining traits of cults are that they try to brainwash you, destroy your identity and replace it with one the cult approves of.

This can happen to various degrees of severity.

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