[nickpsecurity]

Nice write-up. Reminds me of the Steve Jobs portrayal on the excellent Pirates of Silicon Valley movie. Jobs and the other rebels mocked the "IBM types" in suits. Got nowhere in business world as "suits" dominated financing. Eventually, Jobs changes his appearance to look like a suit outwardly while inwardly being a rebel. Once successful, he reverts a bit to go back to rebellious appearance when inside of Apple while mocking IBM types and suits once again. While one suit with great poker skills, esp bluffing, straight up took his stuff and made a fortune off it working with other suits. That was Gates.

All in all, just goes to show that what a person could do was always more important than what they wore. Even worse, people often dress to deceive: pushing an image intended to influence observer for wearer's selfish benefit. Also called "dress for success." So, I have a bias where I watch out for that kind of thing. Interesting enough, Silicon Valley does the same thing with their dress styles aiming to fit in. Gets to the point that it's almost a survival strategy where people often wear expected stuff to avoid getting filtered out due to appearance.

Props to Greg for simply wearing what he liked and letting his actions speak louder than his words. He and Jonathan have nice suits, too. Reminds me I need to buy another one as I rarely wear a suit and occasionally like how it looks/feels. I'll be sure to get whatever style everyone else isn't wearing to satisfy the rebel in me. :)