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Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by esperent on Saturday June 28, 2025 @03:51AM (#44402963)
Yes. I never play fancy dress with suits. Formal for me means a nice, comfortable shirt and jeans or other clean trousers. On an average day I wear shorts and sandles because it's damn hot. I wear suits to funerals, and once to a wedding, but even most of the weddings I go to have a "smart casual" vibe them, no full suits required.

I rarely meet with investors or anything like that, but when I do, not dressing up is a test. If they judge me for what I wear, beyond basic cleanliness, we're not a good fit for working together.

Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by gsky on Saturday June 28, 2025 @04:40AM (#44403171)
Wearing suits in a desert?
Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by shash on Saturday June 28, 2025 @04:58AM (#44403238)
With air conditioning... It's quite a prestige thing to be able to afford the amount of cooling needed to wear a suit in a desert...
Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by petesergeant on Saturday June 28, 2025 @07:38AM (#44403931)
> It's quite a prestige thing to be able to afford the amount of cooling needed to wear a suit in a desert...

I don’t believe you’ve ever been to Dubai if you think that cooling here is in any way a luxury. Your aircon breaking in the summer is treated like a health emergency. Nobody is living without aircon in the summer.

Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by shash on Saturday June 28, 2025 @08:23AM (#44404171)
Yes of course. I meant as an answer to GP, it's not an issue because the whole society is run on the basis of access to air conditioning...
Re:Dubai Reality Check: An Indian VC's Year of Truth by esperent on Saturday June 28, 2025 @05:51AM (#44403479)
That's basically what the entire article is about, yes.