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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
by Dan Lyons
The author is an asshole, but that doesn't make the world he describes any less disturbing or bizarre. And yet, a world in which the richest companies become rich by not making any money, where fitting into the corporate culture is paramount, and candy is a perk fits all too well with one where one Presidential candidate proves himself trustworthy by bombastically lying.
This is a world of the Dream, of castles in the air that just have to exist long enough for their builders to profit and pity the people who try to move in. And worse it is a world of the high school cafeteria--fit in, find a niche to hunker down in, or be miserable. A world where it doesn't matter what is real or what is said, but who says it.
The writing is engaging and humorous. The abusive relationship that develops is horrifying. The epilogue a bit chilling.
It's worth reading and reads quickly. Several parts viscerally disgusted me so that I curled over in my chair and scrunched up my face.
Part of me is glad my work is not like this. Then I remember the failed wellness room and the gaming system no one ever uses and wonder.
This is a world of the Dream, of castles in the air that just have to exist long enough for their builders to profit and pity the people who try to move in. And worse it is a world of the high school cafeteria--fit in, find a niche to hunker down in, or be miserable. A world where it doesn't matter what is real or what is said, but who says it.
The writing is engaging and humorous. The abusive relationship that develops is horrifying. The epilogue a bit chilling.
It's worth reading and reads quickly. Several parts viscerally disgusted me so that I curled over in my chair and scrunched up my face.
Part of me is glad my work is not like this. Then I remember the failed wellness room and the gaming system no one ever uses and wonder.