[ale] [OT] On suits and blogs

[Leam Hall]

Brian, thanks!

I just sent in my acceptance of a verbal offer to Rackspace. That was 
the one where I wore the Vibrams and pullover shirt. Since many people 
came in wearing shorts and decorated t-shirts, I seemed to fit in.

Leam

On 07/10/2012 07:15 PM, Brian Stanaland wrote:
> Good luck on those. I enjoyed the thread you're talking about. I
> interviewed a couple of months ago where I wore black pants, charcoal
> jacket, pale blue shirt and "power" tie. During the interview one of the
> engineers, who was wearing shorts and flip flops, said "do people still
> wear suits to interviews?" It was pretty funny. I didn't get the job but
> it was because the company decided not to fill the position. I have
> another one tomorrow. This time I asked about the dress code. Before he
> could answer I told him I was asking because a lot of my stuff is still
> in storage and I wasn't sure where my suit was at. He said "nice jeans
> and a good shirt, whatever."
>
> It's all about the culture of the company.
>
> --Brian
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:07 PM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com
> <mailto:leamhall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     Some time back we had a discussion about suits and a couple weeks
>     ago I posted a blog about 10 vital steps for job seekers. For those
>     who don't know, I'm putting what was said to the test. When I wrote
>     the blog post it was not just "what I've done before" but "what I'm
>     doing right now". I have been interviewing with three different
>     companies for a total of four different positions. The things I
>     wrote about have made my interviews go very well and have guided me
>     in the process.
>
>     For two of the three interviews I wore a nice suit that I purchased
>     just for the job search. It's expensive, does its best to make me
>     look good, and is tailor to my shapely form.   At the other
>     interview I knew the dress code was very casual so I wore cargo
>     slacks, a polo shirt, and my Vibram 5 toes.
>
>     I'm keeping my fingers crossed and praying like made for clarity as
>     offers may or may not be extended. At this stage I feel I've done
>     the best job I can in presenting myself and look forward to the
>     responses. For those of you on the ALE list who are considering a
>     career move, this is a great place to find Off Topic but important
>     information.
>
>     Thanks for your thoughts, and thanks for appreciating mine!
>
>     Leam
>