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bekilledoff t1_j0ve0sv wrote

is there some significance to his suit? I don't understand why it's mentioned at all

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LaddyPup t1_j0ves06 wrote

Probably because he normally dresses like a student on laundry day. Lol.

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bekilledoff t1_j0vfq7j wrote

ah ok. i have not followed the story, just a name in headlines lately

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goodDayM t1_j0vky0o wrote

This is typically how Sam Bankman-Fried usually dresses: https://imgur.com/Ly2Y2qO

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TheFan88 t1_j0w0hr7 wrote

Who would trust their savings to that? That’s my question.

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HiderDK t1_j0w46ch wrote

If you wanna invest in a small tech-startup in their seed round. Yeh maybe the founder being an upper-geek that doesn't care about appearance but rather just want to code 16 hours a day on the project isn't a bad thing (at least preferably over all talk fancy-ass dressers).

But at some scale it indicates unprofessionalism and unreliability.

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pomaj46809 t1_j0zmh2s wrote

I remember a consultant giving a lecture about consulting and he said one of the things that become important is to dress to meet expectations.

If you're a creative consultant, dress creatively. If you're a business consultant, dress for business.

It's part of his act, he dresses casually to signal that he doesn't care about the traditional way of doing things. He dresses poorly because people expect it of the tech nerd.

He's dressed up in court because he's not stupid and isn't going to piss off the court.

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