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Quit Your Job

Finally, an app that makes it easier to quit your job

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Jake Levine
@jrlevine · Founder & CEO, Electric Objects
Hey everyone, Inspired by an app I made a few months ago (called BreakupText, see above), I made a product that makes it easier to quit your job via SMS. Please try it and let me know if it works. (On a more serious note, I think SMS is an underutilized technology. Everyone is so obsessed with building their own networks and owning communication that we m… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@jrlevine Welcome! I wish you would have come out with this sooner. It would have made quitting PlayHaven much easier (see https://medium.com/lessons-learn...). And you know, people are scary. So much easier to send a text. But more seriously, WRT to SMS, I completely agree with you. SMS essentially has a 100% open rate, unlike push notifications and e… See more
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Jake Levine
@jrlevine · Founder & CEO, Electric Objects
@rrhoover It starts with BreakupText, which was inspired by some friends of a friend. They would meet girls at bars, get numbers, and then of course never heard from them again. Instead of moving on like any normal person, they would send absurdly long and emotional breakup texts. Naturally, I thought it would be a good idea to turn it into an app. I had n… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@jrlevine - Congrats! How did you get BreakupText featured on Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America? Did you reach out to them and any creative PR tactics to share?
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Jake Levine
@jrlevine · Founder & CEO, Electric Objects
@rrhoover yes, make an app that pisses people off. Seriously though, this app struck a chord with people... it was just believable enough to bring out our luddite tendencies. We're in a moment when we're not sure whether we ought to celebrate or fear technology. BreakupText and Quit Your Job gave people a symbol for "what's wrong with our world." In real… See more