A 50-something year old man gets laid off from his job at Newsweek and finds himself in a tech startup in Silicone Valley-ish, Boston. This book was a bit of a conundrum for me. On one hand, I'm a nearly 50 year old, white man and know the plight of my brethren. They work for a business, try to climb the corporate ladder then one day, whamo! They are on the street. The ladder they were climbing was on a dinosaur/dying corporation, and/or the corporation could hire multiple younger people for what they were paying the 50 year old white guy.
On the other hand, I own a tech company and have had the entitled older guys (actually people, not limited to guys) who don't get what we do and how we operate. They would probably write a book as negative about our company as Lyons did about HubSpot.
Lyons is a fantastic writer and storyteller. The book is entertaining and even a bit enlightening on the inner workings of a venture-backed startup. For middle-aged white guys working for old-school businesses, this is a must read book; a wake up call. For everyone else, it's a fun book that I'd highly recommend.