WEF 2009: Mark Zuckerberg thinks difficult times require a tie(blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
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WEF 2009: Mark Zuckerberg thinks difficult times require a tie
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/william_lewis/blog/2009/01/29/wef_2009_mark_zuckerberg_thinks_difficult_times_require_a_tie
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I grew up in Houston, TX which has always been an ultra-conservative city, full suit and tie in the middle of a Texas summer.
I've never been one for clothing fads which is why I stick to button downs, sport coats, jeans, and nice leather shoes. During a recession it's more cost efficient: my leather shoes polish up a lot nicer than tennis shoes and last much longer. I have button-downs from 2001 that still look great. I also save a lot of time by receiving a lot better customer service when I'm eating out, shopping, or running errands. People respect a well dressed man, there's nothing superficial about it.
I'm not saying you can't wear a shirt when you're coding, but the moment you're representing your company and it's people — you should look (and therefore feel) very proud. Toss on a sport coat over the designer tee, it won't kill you to look nice. And not to mention, when you congregate a bunch of designer-tshirt-wearing coders in a room, are you really expressing individuality anymore? :)
I've never been one for clothing fads which is why I stick to button downs, sport coats, jeans, and nice leather shoes. During a recession it's more cost efficient: my leather shoes polish up a lot nicer than tennis shoes and last much longer. I have button-downs from 2001 that still look great. I also save a lot of time by receiving a lot better customer service when I'm eating out, shopping, or running errands. People respect a well dressed man, there's nothing superficial about it.
I'm not saying you can't wear a shirt when you're coding, but the moment you're representing your company and it's people — you should look (and therefore feel) very proud. Toss on a sport coat over the designer tee, it won't kill you to look nice. And not to mention, when you congregate a bunch of designer-tshirt-wearing coders in a room, are you really expressing individuality anymore? :)
The beard and long hair sort of screw the deal from the get-go, I think.
You can pry them from my cold, dead... uh... head.
You can pry them from my cold, dead... uh... head.
different != "expressing individuality"
I can't help but think that the suit isn't far behind.
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
Hahah, I bet those ties are around 6-10 years old!
I should know, I went to his highschool (Exeter) which requires ties as its dress code. Its not like you wear ties at Harvard, is it?
I should know, I went to his highschool (Exeter) which requires ties as its dress code. Its not like you wear ties at Harvard, is it?
PR spam at it's finest
Ties that don't suck, on Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=58778
Those are cool - how long before this one (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20275154 ) ends up on Schneier's Friday blog?
Zuckerberg is the only person out right now rocking the tie + Northface fleece look. Not sure it's going to catch on...
Maybe he's wearing the old school tie to get more VC cash.
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Just when I was getting comfortable... Never thought I'd say it, but I think I agree with Mark.
That's my story and I am sticking to it.
We needn't focus on the small inconvenience that software written while not wearing a tie also has bugs. Obviously, even the threat of having to wear a tie causes software bugs. I shudder to think what the threat of having to wear a suit AND tie could do to the quality of software we produce.