That reminds me a story which mr. Lukacovic (founder of czech search engine seznam.cz) told cs students several years ago. When he was dealing with investors, he tries to show himself in a "nerdy light" (wearing old t-shirt and jeans) to actually get a better deal. The reasoning behind this was that this would make his partners beleive that they have an advantage, while the opposite was actually true because he indeed has some good fried who advised him in this matter.
So the "phychology hack" can work in both cases. Dressing yourself properly is a good default though.
Haha, that's true for sure. Back when I was young and a freelancer I went to a networking group with mostly non-technical people where the dress code called for a suit. I wore bright red skate shoes with my suit.
I came across as "that young technical wizard" before I even opened my mouth. You should totally use those stereotypes to your advantage when you can.
I thought about adding my thoughts about not overdressing when you need to come across as technically proficient because of the stereotype but thought that would have muddled my point.
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That reminds me a story which mr. Lukacovic (founder of czech search engine seznam.cz) told cs students several years ago. When he was dealing with investors, he tries to show himself in a "nerdy light" (wearing old t-shirt and jeans) to actually get a better deal. The reasoning behind this was that this would make his partners beleive that they have an advantage, while the opposite was actually true because he indeed has some good fried who advised him in this matter.
So the "phychology hack" can work in both cases. Dressing yourself properly is a good default though.
Haha, that's true for sure. Back when I was young and a freelancer I went to a networking group with mostly non-technical people where the dress code called for a suit. I wore bright red skate shoes with my suit.
I came across as "that young technical wizard" before I even opened my mouth. You should totally use those stereotypes to your advantage when you can.
I thought about adding my thoughts about not overdressing when you need to come across as technically proficient because of the stereotype but thought that would have muddled my point.