On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Chris Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > (This may get formatted funky as I'm responding on my phone.) > > I like hats but I think they have their place. You mentioned interviews and > your hat which may bring you ill luck. I think it is a bit short sighted to > think you wouldn't want to work somewhere that would judge you on your hat. > The interview process is totally a judging process. A hat could be welcome > in the workplace, it could be an awesome company culture, it could be a > great job, but you may miss out because somebody doesn't like hats. You > may go through an interview process that includes many people that have a > chance to judge you (right or wrong). Why give them the chance to miss out > on hiring you because they misjudged the hat? > > I say dress one level better than they do (you probably don't know their > company culture so too casual is risky), look well groomed (even with > beard, long hair, etc, make it look groomed, go to a salon), don't give > them odd reasons to select the other candidate. > > They can get to know the hat after they hire you. In regard to hats on > general, they can make people sweat which makes the hair look unkempt and > also they cause hat hair. > Well, I guess that's /thread I guess. Yeah, I'm actually formulating a position on it that's basically what you've said here. Up till now I've just not even thought about it, honestly. I just wear the hat, because... well, I wear pants. I'm not exactly aware of fashion, I just feel comfortable in my hat (and pants typically). Now I need a haircut again. Crap xD -Tod Hansmann /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
