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Joe Hruska, founder and CEO of RescueTime (YC W08), has died

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Re: Joe Hruska, founder and CEO of RescueTime (YC W08), has died

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Post by robby1066 »

save_ferris wrote: post #4

I used RescueTime to kick my social media habit and learn to code 5 years ago. I was working in the retail industry and found a way to spend 10 hours a week coding on my own for almost two years before I got my first full-time development job, largely due to RescueTime. I didn't think much of it then, but in retrospect, the impact Joe's product had on my career turned out to be pretty significant. RIP Joe.

Thanks for sharing that. That means a lot to us here at RescueTime, and would have meant the world to Joe.

Re: Joe Hruska, founder and CEO of RescueTime (YC W08), has died

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Post by robby1066 »

nstart wrote: post #37

This was a shocker to read. I never really thought of the CEO of RescueTime, but the product that was made truly fit into the mold of "changing lives". I took my habits of random social media visits from 3 hours a day (stuff accumulates terribly), to two planned and focused visits totaling 20 minutes a day. That over a period of 3 years, is almost 87 days of my life saved. I pay for the product because of all the goo…

Thanks so much for sharing that story, and for the condolences. It really does mean a lot. ️

Re: Joe Hruska, founder and CEO of RescueTime (YC W08), has died

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Post by squidbot »

I have a very heavy heart from this news. Joe's wife was my son's favorite teacher (he still talks about her two years later) and I'd met and spoken with Joe several times socially, though he was quite ill through much of the time I knew him. We had some good "geek out" times when my wife and his chatted (both are teachers so they'd talk teach and we'd talk tech.) They were a wonderful, loving, caring and giving couple, and Joe was just a good soul. You are missed Joe.
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