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You get at an importent point. However, it is important to add Richard Hamming's orthogonal idea: "I wasn't dressing properly. I had to make the decision - was
by timsally 15y ago
You get at an importent point. However, it is important to add Richard Hamming's orthogonal idea: "I wasn't dressing properly. I had to make the decision - was I going to assert my ego and dress the way I wanted to and have it steadily drain my effort from my professional life, or was I going to appear to conform better? I decided I would make an effort to appear to conform properly. The moment I did, I got much better service."
Contexts in which dress matters may disproportionally be contexts to avoid, but there are contexts that are worthwhile in which dress is very important.
- karjaluoto 15y agoIt can go the other way, though, too. I'm a partner in a digital agency and used to think that if I dressed better, we'd sell more work. The inverse turned out to be the case. We actually lost one potential job for looking "too corporate" (their words). Recently, our largest client noted something similar: that they sort of expected to see me in a hoodie, and would feel weird if I showed up in a suit. The point isn't to look sloppy. Instead, it's to make the clothing something that they don't even think about.
- timsally 15y agoYour comment is subsumed by Hamming's point. Dressing properly does not always mean dressing "up".