Dan Lyons

Disrupted

1. IDEA 1

   A veteran journalist loses his job

   Lyons describes being let go from his job at Newsweek in his fifties as the magazine industry shrank. Needing work, he decided to try the booming world of technology startups.

2. IDEA 2

   He joined a fast-growing startup

   Lyons describes taking a marketing job at HubSpot, a software company near Boston. He expected excitement and big rewards, but felt out of place from the very first days. He felt like a tourist.

3. IDEA 3

   The culture felt strange to him

   Lyons describes free snacks, team-building games and a culture code full of cheerful slogans. To him, these perks often felt childish and seemed to hide long hours and low job security.

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