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What You Wear to a $50 Million Deal Closing in Silicon Valley
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I, for one, welcome our new casual overlords.
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This is especially true when the business environment in the Valley has essentially canonized the "anti-suit" look as a conscious rejection of suit-types.
When I go into my office (I own my company), I wear a suit and tie. Everyone that works for me does the same. Why? Because they: (a) understand that image matters, (b) would rather die than wear that fucking Patagucci garbage, and (c) look damn good all the time.
Now, there was a time that "geek-chic" did not exist, when guys like Woz set the "anti-suit" ball in motion, and guys like Steve found innovative ways to essentially walk the line. And there was a certain logic to following their lead, since the whole milieu was hung up on not being square IBM "suits".
Those days are so long gone. Now, it's actually uncommon to see someone wearing a suit in NYC. Most law firms and banks are casual. Their employees look like fucking holiday golfers on their best days. The whole business casual thing is so fucking pathetically wishy-washy and unclear that it just turns to shit.
So, in a funny way, my office wears suits because it's time for the "anti-anti-suit" backlash.
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And for God's sake Zuch, come up with something more orignial that the black Patagonia fleece- you're not Jobs kid.
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Shirts and ties are out, unless you're a lawyer
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@gogetemguy: Uh, since everybody and his mom is on Facebook, I do believe the whole planet Earth is taking them seriously. And look, the Founding Father does know how to tie on a tie:
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The only people not taking them seriously are the people that are completely out of touch with the culture of the entire tech sector.
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Right. Let me inform you of that culture: there are kids in apartments coding "the new economy." And then there are people who actually dress in the morning paying for it all.
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Thank god for those kids, because we are going to need someone to pick up the pieces after the suits finish driving "the old economy" into the ground.
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