Slain Cash App Founder Lee Remembered as a Coder Who Wowed Dorsey
- Tech community mourns programmer known for his good nature
- Billionaire Block co-founder McKelvey says ‘it’s just surreal’
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Two memories of Bob Lee spring to mind for Block Inc. co-founder Jim McKelvey: that he recruited him to work at Square at his wedding in St. Louis, and Jack Dorsey’s effusive praise of Lee’s coding.
“Jack, who is not prone to hyperbole, said Bob Lee was the best Java programmer in the world,” McKelvey said in an interview. “He had a stellar technical reputation, and he had an enthusiasm and confidence that was infectious.”