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Re:Congratulations You’ve Been Fired by x0x0 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:45PM (#11464600)
The jump to Lyons entered employment under false pretenses / with this book in mind doesn't seem justified by anything I've read.

It seems more like he found himself in a somewhat ludicrous situation and wrote a book about it.

Re:Congratulations You’ve Been Fired by bb88 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:45PM (#11464781)
That was my read too after listening to the fresh air interview. He said he thought it could be fun working with a bunch of out of college kids doing something exciting in a growing company. He had that experience before, afterall.