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What It's Like Working at a Jargon-Obsessed CompanyFormer journalist Dan Lyons opens up about the extreme jargon culture at HubSpot, what it taught him and how he became sane.

ByJoe Keohane

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In 2012, journalist Dan Lyons was laid off from his job atNewsweekand wound up working for Massachusettsemail marketingfirm/jargon volcano HubSpot. His disastrous 20-month tour -- with a leave of absence to go write for HBO'sSilicon Valley --provided the grist for his scathing best-selling takedown of the tech industry,Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble.

Here he answers some questions about making the jump from working at an email markting firm to writing for Silicon Valley, dealing with a whole lot ofjargonand wanting to fit in.

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