On 06-Jun-2010, at 7:09 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Sameep sameep@tuxwire.com wrote:
Perhaps i am stepping into the conversation halfway and without having read all the previous posts in the thread, But please show me any google employee who is at a client meeting or a presentation not in a formal dress. I am not saying business suites, but definately formal dressing is a requirement in Google for any client meeting.
I haven't been to any client meetings so I wouldn't know . But this link might shed some light on how google expects you to dress .
Wrong example. Do you have an example of an interview for a position in Marketing/Sales? An event organizer is effectively that.
Firstly , I don't think you read the entire post. The blogger didn't actually go to Google. It's imaginary. It just shows the bloggers point of view that google does not care what you wear.
Secondly , I don't think you read the post to which I replied either. It was :
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that is what I am saying - some of you 'tend to be informal' which older people do not like. That is the attitude I am criticising - these same people can be seen in coat and tie when going for visa interview at foreign consulates - why not be informal there? FOSS is a serious professional venture and unless we behave like serious professionals, we will get no where.
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So it wasn't really the event organizers (who you think should be compared to people interviewing for marketing/sales positions ??) who were dressed casually.
On a different note , how many times have you seen Steve Jobs in formal clothing ?
Have you seen Steve Jobs shabbily dressed? As someone mentioned earlier, there is a difference between casual and unkempt. Also, Jobs is not just another guy in the office. He does not need to impress anyone or make any impact. When he needed to do that (early in his career), he would dress sharp so that people actually take him seriously.
Why do you think he doesn't need people to take him seriously ? Just because he is successful does not mean he doesn't need people to take him seriously.
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