“Dress for the job you want” doesn’t mean “wear a tie.”
Growing up, when I heard “dress for the job you want,” I thought they meant everybody should aspire to wear suits and ties. After all, that’s what the supposedly powerful executives have, right? Photography by the awesome Justin Bailie Nope. It means that if you don’t want a suit job, don’t wear a suit. It took me years to realize that I wanted to be surrounded by coworkers I like and respect. People who accept their coworkers for who they are – regardless of clothes, college diploma, car/motorcycle/bike, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. I’d long figured it out by the time Jeremiah, Kendra, and I…
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