| Life used to be so easy.
As an engineer, professional clothing was Jeans, T-shirt, and sneakers. With it, you were impeccably dressed for an interview at any high-tech company (that wasn't IBM or Wallstreet).
When interviewing with a big corporation for a marketing position, you obviously had to wear a suit.
But what do you do if you are interviewing with a hot but relaxed startup in Silicon Valley, for a product management position? So I asked the secretary for dress code, and she said: "Go casual but formal."
Wow. I think I spent an hour in front of my closet trying to figure out what casual but formal might mean. In the end I hit it right on, but trust me, the old days were simpler.
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