I quit
Most people instantly treat you better and more respectfully when you wear a suit. You will be taken seriously more. Basically any sort of work goes slightly smoother, so by your logic they definitely generate profit.
The only exception is tryhard faggots like you who try to be a rebel and rail against it for no reason. But you can see them a mile away. Just don't go to any startup interviews with a suit, any other time, if you have one you're better off wearing it.
My job is to write and talk about software. I'm not here to impress anyone. You know who else attends these "press"(tech) conferences? Other people who think the same way.
If I worked in fashion, yeah I'd wear something fashionable, but I aint, so I don't.
When I see others dressed fancy all it does is show me they don't understand the business they're in. They wasted time, money, or both trying to look good when it has nothing to do with the job, the business, or the products. Caring more about social aspects like people or your own vanity isn't going to help you get ahead at a conference like that. Maybe for traditional businesses, but not this one. Not today at least.
Maybe that's true if you want to be a dumb nigger cattle codemonkey for the rest of your life, but if you've got your sights set on moving up the corporate ladder you shouldn't dress like a slob. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have
Damn, you'll argue just about anything; huh?
I literally work under the business owner. There is no rungs left. I've had the same attitude since I joined the company. Why even make assumptions on my character like that? Talk about cattle.
Coming from the fake it till you make it, suit wearing monkey.
How about contributing something to the business you hack.
t. no ambition gorilla monkey nigger
Protip: successful people don't spend their lives slaving away "contributing to the company". The people who make the real money are the decision makers, not the plebians who spend 8 hours a day in visual studio. AKA suit wearers, not jeans/hoodie wearers. You must work at a computer repair shop if you've reached the highest level of your company dressing like a 17-year old stoner.
I'm already here while you're speculating what you think it takes to reach this level. You're literally trying to convince me what I do and don't do as if you have any idea or as if that's going to work. You're delusional and lack the talent required to climb the ladder. Sorry this upsets you, but maybe if you spent more time working than at your tailor, you'd make something of yourself.
Real companies making real money make real products that in turn make them money. And the employees responsible for this get rewarded. Plain and simple.
None, and I mean 0 of the places I have worked for in the past have ever had dress code requirements, because it simply does not affect the products, services, or the brand.
We have entire departments for PR and marketing. They wear suits. We don't.
Guess who gets paid more?
As for your bullshit about not spending time doing grunt work. You're flatout wrong and your inexperience shows. I don't care if you're the SVP, CTO, or whatever title you want to throw on yourself. Time and time again it has been proven that in technical businesses, the people that move from engineering to management and give up their technical time, lead to decline.
You will not motivate the people beneath you if you spend no time with them. There is no better way to understand the product you're responsible for than to actually work on it. Even if that's only for half a week out of the month.
If you go 100% management, your talent will leave, and your profits go with them. I guarantee it.
Your understanding of this field and business in general is obviously minimal.
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