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Well selected clothing can bring certain benefits, but listen to what you're saying: Do you really believe that they "make the man"? We keep hearing these thin
by karjaluoto 15y ago
Well selected clothing can bring certain benefits, but listen to what you're saying: Do you really believe that they "make the man"?
We keep hearing these things in advertising, and then we start to actually think they're real. We've been led to believe that the underwear we buy will somehow make us better, or more desirable people. This is pure bullshit.
If you like buying nice clothes, fine. Just don't overestimate their value.
- jinfiesto 15y agoObviously I don't believe that clothes literally make the man. But your "internal" value always needs selling. Clothes are a major way we represent ourselves to other people. If you don't like buying nice clothes, fine. Don't underestimate their value. Sassy-ness aside, couldn't resist the jab, our clothes really do make us better and more desirable. At least in the way other people see us. Certainly wearing nicer clothes won't make you a better programmer. It might get you a better programming job though.
- karjaluoto 15y agoIt cuts the other way too. I'm a partner in an agency. We used to wear suits to meetings. After not winning a contract with one organization, I asked why they didn't choose us. (During our meetings, we seemed to have established a good rapport.) He explained that everything we said made sense, but that we were "too corporate." We have many more clients now. I wear the same understated thing to almost all of our meeting. Our sales have never been higher. Turns out, our clients care more about how good we are than the way I choose to dress.