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> some clothes are good for thinking and coding while others are good for meetings and customer engagement It's all about credibility indicators, and they go b
by sigil 12y ago
> some clothes are good for thinking and coding while others are good for meetings and customer engagement
It's all about credibility indicators, and they go both ways.
A founder friend relates a story about the day he gave in and started wearing suits. He has a tech background and is generally averse to display, but noticed that wearing a suit was correlated with shorter meetings. On the flip side, when he dressed casually, there was a longer proving period at the beginning of every meeting where he had to establish credibility in spite appearances / signalling. So, he started bringing a suit along everywhere as a "make meetings shorter" hack.
Pretty sure he plain old enjoys wearing suits at this point though.
- ams6110 12y agoIn the span of almost 25 years I've had only two jobs where everyone wore a suit and tie to work. While not exactly the most comfortable thing to wear, there was something about formal business attire that seemed to put everyone more or less in a productive frame of mind. For me it was sort of a feeling that "I'm dressed for work, so I should work." A mid-day impromptu game of frisbee was unlikely. It also helped separate work/home life. After work, when you got home, the act of taking off the suit--the uniform of work--was a ritual that signified "I am done working for the day." It was nice. I can't say I really ever enjoyed wearing suits, but they had their benefits.