Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtleneck uniform

Re:Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtl... by officemonkey on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @08:57PM (#3101045)

That's the answer. At some point in our career, most of us end up wearing some kind of "uniform."

I used to work for a engineering consulting firm. Kevin, the star engineer would wear polo shirts, blue jeans, and sneakers. Everyone one else at his level and above wore suit and tie.

One day the new boss told Kevin that he needed to wear a button down shirt, suit and tie to meet with the client. Kevin told him "You can't make me wear a suit and tie. My clients don't care what I wear." The simple moral of the story was clear: "if you make it rain, you make the rules."

OTOH, he wore jeans, sneakers, and a polo shirt every day. He was hardly a rebel.

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Re:Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtl... by kamaal on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @01:30AM (#3101626)

Well, Sorry at some places. Making it rain won't change anything. Heck, you may make it storm, or cause a earth quake to to happen or even a make Volcano to explode.

Some workplaces are so strict about dress codes, they just won't change for any reason. Especially large corporate bureaucracies. They have a crazy like beliefs that dressing in some way will help their business more than actual work will.

And going against those norms actually will work against you.

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Re:Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtl... by adestefan on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @11:15AM (#3103220)

Surprisingly, most large corporate bureaucracies, except for finance, don't have a dress code. I've seen more dress codes in the medium sized companies.

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Re:Steve Jobs Book Excerpt: Why he wore the black mock turtl... by razzmataz on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @08:27AM (#3102633)

Those are typically the places you don't ever want to work at.

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