he had no proof he can code, no projects, no github, only hired because he gave them a lowball offer, it was lowball because he was scamming
The OP said he blew interviews out of the water. Presumably they mean technical interviews, that's how he proved he can code. By writing code.
Lots of devs don't have personal projects. I love programming but after spending the whole day programming I don't particularly want to go home and continue programming.
Where did you hear this? People on X said the exact opposite.