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.

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.