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The dress code calls for "smart business attire." The title sponsor is Google, a well-known tech company. Here's Google CEO Sundar Pichai in GQ: https://www.g
by hilux 2y ago
The dress code calls for "smart business attire."
The title sponsor is Google, a well-known tech company.
Here's Google CEO Sundar Pichai in GQ: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/sundar-pichai-google-pixel-watch https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/sundar-picha...
- robotresearcher 2y agoAnd here he is arriving at an event with a dress code. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/05/04/multimedia/04evening-nl-WH/04evening-nl-WH-articleLarge-v3.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/05/04/multimedia/04even... Another event, another dress code. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfQwahHTS_xRzrDAYzSwS9ncvVN5ZbvjmUjA&s https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfQwah... Edit: removed extraneous arguments. Point here is that Pichai observes event-specific dress codes rather than assuming that Google’s code applies.
- hilux 2y agoWhat's your point? I'm not suggesting that Sundar ALWAYS wears jeans and NEVER wears suits. I'm saying that it is ACCEPTABLE to wear jeans, even in a professional setting. Jeans are "smart business attire." (If the dress code were "formal," that would be something else. But it isn't.)
- kevinventullo 2y agoI work at Google. I would not describe Google’s dress code as “smart business attire”.
- robotresearcher 2y agoJeans are not smart business attire. Google’s code is casual, not smart business.
- searealist 2y agoWhat's your point? If you find a photo of Larry Page in pajamas then you should be able to wear that to any Google event?
- hilux 2y agoDoes Larry Page regularly do business events in pajamas?
- robotresearcher 2y agoThe point is that Pichai observes the dress code requested by the event host. Did I make it so obscurely?
- ensignavenger 2y agoTo counter, the dress code was vague and imprecise. See my other comment here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42528218 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42528218 EDIT: Actually, the poster above was not accurate. The dress code is found here- https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_open.pdf https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_... And it was much more precise than "smart business attire.".
- searealist 2y agoNope. It explicitly disallowed jeans.
- ensignavenger 2y agoYou are correct, I have edited my comment.
- searealist 2y agoI was not responding to you.
- dullcrisp 2y ago
- ensignavenger 2y agoHad a friend who sold boats for a living. One day he was at a business meeting where the attire was listed as "business attire". When one of his buddies, another salesman, showed up wearing shorts, a t-shirt and sunglasses, my friend made a snarky remark about him not getting the memo about the attire. His buddy responds, "I don't know what business you're in, but I am in the boat business."