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When doing phone sales or interviews, I often put on a suit beforehand so I sound smarter and more smug over the phone. Odd, but it works.
by brandnewlow 16y ago
When doing phone sales or interviews, I often put on a suit beforehand so I sound smarter and more smug over the phone. Odd, but it works.
- jrockway 16y agoI feel the same way when I dress really nicely for work. I type the code, the compiler disagrees with it, and I feel self-confident enough to tell the compiler it's wrong. No actual product is produced, but at least I look nice while not producing anything.
- rdtsc 16y agoI think smugness results from my brain getting too confused as the tie cuts its supply of blood flow and oxygen.
- olefoo 16y agoThink of the suit as an #DEFINE for the programs you are attempting to run on the relatively opaque interpreters that come builtin to the monkey brains we all use to think with. The parameters you are setting when you wear a suit are the authority and credibility that the person hearing you should grant you. The seriousness with which they should consider your proposal, and the priority of your claim on their time and attention.