A review by randomrules
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble by Dan Lyons

5.0

I spent the first half of my career in journalism. My first entree into non-media work started at a place strikingly similar to the environment Dan Lyons describes in his hilarious, panic-inducing memoir. Though I was only 30-something when I began at a marketing startup, my first day also involved zero direction and much confusion. Where would I sit? Who would I report to? What, exactly, was my job? Then there was the endless candy, free lunches, indoor slide, ping-pong table, random team-building exercises -- perks, they called them. As Lyons writes, I'd rather get paid in actual dollars. That's just the tip of the iceberg. By the time the author makes it to Hollywood to write for Silicon Valley, I cheered out loud. You made it! You found your way back to your people. You lived to tell the tale! Hopefully millions will read this and all of the negative aspects of today's dominant startup culture will be overshadowed and replaced by those who are actually making enormous strides in technology and entrepreneurship--the innovative, thoughtful, respectful and witty people who really transcend the hype.