Interviews and dress codes

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>>>>> "Bradley" == Bradley E Young <byoung@spry.com> writes:

    Bradley> -----Original Message----- From: Robert J. Brown
    Bradley> <rj@eli.elilabs.com> To: higher-fire@prairienet.org
    Bradley> <higher-fire@prairienet.org> Cc:
    Bradley> higher-fire@prairienet.org <higher-fire@prairienet.org>
    Bradley> Date: Monday, November 03, 1997 9:16 AM Subject: Re:
    Bradley> Interviews and dress codes


    >>>>>>> "Bradley" == Bradley E Young <byoung@spry.com> writes:
    >>
    Bradley> Of course, the sales pukes^h^h^h^h^hpeople have to wear
    Bradley> suits and stuff, but they don't count, right?
    >>  Who makes the most money, and has the greatest chance of
    >> advancement to the CEO position?  The nerds, or the
    >> sales/marketing types?  Think ye on these things.  (Then go buy
    >> some clothes!)


    Bradley> Et tu Brute.

    Bradley> I've thought extensively on these things.  I refuse to
    Bradley> prostrate myself before the gods (which are no gods) of
    Bradley> upper management.  That is, essentially, what is required
    Bradley> in most companies to advance to a position like that.

    Bradley> I've taken a look at their lives and here is what I see:

    Bradley> a) token marriages.  Have yet to see a truly happy
    Bradley> couple.  b) messed up kids.  Can't tell you how many kids
    Bradley> that I used to smoke pot with and eat acid with that
    Bradley> lived in $400,000 homes.  c) live for work.  Work is no
    Bradley> longer a means to an end to these people, it is the end
    Bradley> in itself.  Work is the new religion-- and there are lots
    Bradley> of zealots willing to die for the cause.

Well, my father was executive vice president of several large
companies, one of which I know you would instantly recognize if I
named it.  We lived in houses of that ilk.  He and my mother
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1992.  They have stuck
together thru thick and thin.  While I did get involved in drugs as a
youth, as did my brother, the Lord delivered me from them when he
saved me in 1978.  I now own a computer consulting company and have
income in 6 figures, and my brother is now in finance and does far
better than I income wise.  Both of us try to dress professionally
while before clients. and customers.

    Bradley> I'm not willing to worship the graven image-- even if it
    Bradley> is of a dead president.

Maybe you are working for the wrong company.  I was, until I started
my own!

    Bradley> PS- Stallman didn't have to go that route, he is doing
    Bradley> pretty well financially, he's really made an impact on
    Bradley> the computing scene, and he doesn't even bathe!

Think of what he might have accomplished if he had bathed!  :-)

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