Comments on: A Million Bucks By 30 Missing Chapter: Oh No, Girlfriend (Part 1 of 4)

By: Lana

Lana — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:02:15 +0000

Funny, because I wear this suit to all my interviews and I wonder if the person interviewing me appreciates my suit or think that I’m snobbish for wearing such a tidy suit. I would feel bad if the person interviewing me looks terrible in their clothes and I’m dress to the T.

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:21:15 +0000

I used to work both at a Van Heusen outlet store and at a shoe outlet store that sells these leather men’s shoes that have been worn by at least two Presidents. Nice shoes, and you can get them cheaper there than at a regular mall or at a nice department store. Heck, if you don’t care what brand you wear, you can get nice men’s dress shoes through a military surplus shop or by tapping your military buddies to go buy them for you at the PX/BX/Exchange, depending on military branch. Nice, basic, black leather shoes that you can keep polished the old-fashioned way and they’ll last you for years if you treat them well.

I don’t know about suits but I bet if someone looked real hard they could find a suit outlet as well. Or locate one on eBay. Or run by a consignment shop–they don’t only sell to women and kids.

There’s no reason someone has to either (a) spend a lot of money on clothes or (b) be the guy in khakis and polos who never gets promoted. There’s a happy medium there.

By: BAnders

BAnders — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:49:01 +0000

There are numerous ways to dress professionally for an office environment and not spend a lot of money. I routinely buy dress shirts, slacks and blazers when they are on sale. I also go to discount stores such as ROSS, TJ Maxx and now Steve and Barry’s where I bought 4 very nice looking dress shirts for $8.98 each this past Saturday. I can spend a lot more on clothes, but why?

By: dong

dong — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:45:25 +0000

I’d agree with Rev, I think it’s highly office dependent. I’ve worked in a few different offices. And in the tech world, often times it was sloppiest, messiest guy who was the biggest star. Not so much in consulting…

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:53:42 +0000

I want to add to Rev’s comment. Even if it was a lawyer, it will depend on which country you are from. In the states, wearing really expensive suits might make people think you are worth all the money but the same thing in Australia might make people think you are overpaid!

By: 2million

2million — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:51:51 +0000

I have this book on my nightstand – I can’t wait to read it but am forcing myself to finish all the other books I have before I dive in. Thanks for the bonus material

By: Rev

Rev — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:30:27 +0000

@chris
you’re right it is very career dependent. as an engineer I can get away just fine with jeans and tshirt and advance very quickly but as a lawyer that wouldn’t get me very far.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:17:53 +0000

That might work for some but when you work in a professional office and need to project integrity and professionalism, clean and tidy apperances are standard. We of course have people in my company that don’t follow the standards and wear khaki’s and cheap polo’s everyday. Coincidently they are the same employees that have worked here 30 years without much change to their job/pay, have unhealthy physical apperances and lifestyles (smoking, donuts everyday).

Nice clothing and trendy clothing are not the same thing. Of course not everyone cares how they look, generally the better someone appears physically and aesthetically will tell you something about there character as well as work ethic.