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Originally posted by lenazi we have a guy at work that wears sketchers with a suit. our boss told him a few weeks back to go buy some shoes because people visiting the office would confuse him for the mail boy

LOL!

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Originally posted by The17sss haha... as elfreak said, no that wasn't sarcasm. you gotta project an image to a degree. You wouldn't wear flip flops with a suit, would you? lol @ the silver spoon comment.

No but there are different looks associated with different fields of work and the different markets you are trying to attempt to get into.

If I was hiring a designer and he showed up in a suit and looking all spiffy and shit I would think "this guy tries too hard to make a good first impression, I bet his work is lack luster."

Now I would hope that wouldn't bias my looking at his portfolio (which is what really counts in a position like that) but I am human and on some level it might.

dressing like a bum totally exudes "hard worker".

the guy did something to be able to pay for that suit.

are you delusional?

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Originally posted by lenazi dressing like a bum totally exudes "hard worker". the guy did something to be able to pay for that suit. are you delusional?

No.

I'm not saying dressing like a bum, but I really do not give a fuck what someone is wearing if their work is steller.

In fact people that have to present an air of success by how they dress usually are compensating for actual real failures somewhere else. If they are successful they will exude that in the way they talk and act, not how they look.

coming from the guy with no job that means a lot.

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Originally posted by lenazi coming from the guy with no job that means a lot.

Yea coming from the guy who got hired and worked there for 3 years having been interviewed in a sweat shirt and jeans...

Granted the company sucks, but I still got a job.


All I am saying is I wont violate my principals to play the game. If I have the means to do that and get away with it then what does it matter?

What the fuck do you even do anyways Jay?

male stripper aka sales

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Originally posted by lenazi male strpper

If you aren't willing to engage in a serious argument thats fine.

Then again knowing you, you might be serious.

read again.

considering how much of a cock i am on here the rest is none of your windowshoppa business.

Sales? Of what?

Sales is all about the look, its a slimy business. More slimy than advertising, unless you sell advertising...

I work cross-functionally with a wide variety of individuals that have high profile jobs within the industry and, I have to say, extraordinary accessories and dress are rare. Fashion wise, you'd have a difficult time telling these guys apart from me and these are individuals that are responsible for billions of dollars and are interfacing directly with the trade. In fact, 99% of our industry is business casual. Our CEO does wear a suit coat but not a tie - at least not at the office. Perhaps it's because we are a Midwest company and an oldish industry but still, business is business.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby In fact people that have to present an air of success by how they dress usually are compensating for actual real failures somewhere else. If they are successful they will exude that in the way they talk and act, not how they look.

This comment is laughably crazy. And you're backing it up by admitting the company you worked for sucked! I'm all for the idea that peoples' work should stand on its own merit, but if you want a job with a respectable company, 9 times out of 10 you better show up to your interviews dressed nice and to work the same way if you land the job.

Why even take a chance? I know you can get away with that stuff at like Apple or Microsoft or something, where lots of weirdo tech people work anyway, but shit... if it's between you and some other guy with equal credentials, and he's wearing a nice suit and you're wearing Vans and Mark Ecko sweatshirt, guess who's getting hired?