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Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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The point of the cuff links ban is not to let the lower tiers look as good as the executives. Protip for interested readers: if you must wear a suit and are on a budget or confined by a dress code, try to pick one off the rack with the best fabric you can find. Take it to a tailor, which is not that expensive. Have the jacket cut to fit, and have the buttons on the sleeves altered to have actual buttonholes. As you a…

Funny must be an American thing I bet in many of the clubs in London not wearing cufflinks would almost be as bad as wearing brown shoes in town.

Yeah, in the US cufflinks can come across as elitist or as a flaunting of wealth.

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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The point of the cuff links ban is not to let the lower tiers look as good as the executives. Protip for interested readers: if you must wear a suit and are on a budget or confined by a dress code, try to pick one off the rack with the best fabric you can find. Take it to a tailor, which is not that expensive. Have the jacket cut to fit, and have the buttons on the sleeves altered to have actual buttonholes. As you a…

Funny must be an American thing I bet in many of the clubs in London not wearing cufflinks would almost be as bad as wearing brown shoes in town.

> brown shoes in town

What's the story here? All I know about dress shoes is that they're hideously uncomfortable and generally not blue suede.

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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That's the exact reason why I hate wearing and even worst ever being forced to wear one.

You can either chafe, or acknowledge reality and use it to your advantage. When I was younger, I chafed. Now, I enjoy getting seated at that restaurant table before you.

aka selling out.

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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I don't think it's sane Thanks for your opinion, but you are completely wrong. The military and commercial worlds have been cross-pollinating each other's organisational ideas for centuries. The fundamental problem is the same: one of coordinating large groups of people to achieve a common goal via a hierarchical structure.

The way you think is very dangerous.

Observing established patterns is dangerous?

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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compensation for engineers is still lower at Goldman than at tech firms, nice try Goldman.

There are also a lot of fintech firms which pay more, and specifically advertise themselves as more 'hip' (e.g. Jane Street et al). Though I would imagine the good jobs are very hard to come by these days.

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That pendulum swings back and forth. Currently AI/tech is on top but I would not bet it will stay like this forever

How far back do you have to go for finance to beat tech in pay?

Yesterday? When has tech ever beat finance in pay?

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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GS relaxing its tech dress code is the first sign of the of the end of the business cycle. The second is a management committee member taking up DJing. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/business/dealbook/goldman... Sell equities, buy treasuries.

no QE has caused a massive bull market in Bonds Guilts Etc buying gold or commodities as a hedge might be better

Honestly, you're probably better off buying BTC.

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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That pendulum swings back and forth. Currently AI/tech is on top but I would not bet it will stay like this forever

How far back do you have to go for finance to beat tech in pay?

Finance already beats tech, apart from that small handful of ultra high paying roles in that handful of companies like Google.

Re: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techs in fight for talent

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How far back do you have to go for finance to beat tech in pay?

Yesterday? When has tech ever beat finance in pay?

For engineers it almost always does, unless you are the top .001% of talent.
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