I’m sitting in the lobby of the Charles Hotel, waiting for my flight back to CA after a really interesting conference by Longworth Venture Partners, where I had the chance of participating on a panel moderated by Harvard Professor Andrew McAfee, along with fellow Enterprise Irregulars Jeff Nolan, Ismael Ghalimi and Roth Boothby.
It’s interview time, the place is swarming with law firms and dark suits: Harvard Law School students. They all look alike in their “uniform” … I haven’t seen this many (dark) suits ever since I moved to California:-) Guys arrive in full gear, girls’ ritual includes sitting down at the lobby and switching their sneakers to the mandatory torture devices (i.e. high heels).
Wait! what’s going on? A guy in a dark suit, open-collared shirt and no ties arrives… he walks kind of funny, smiles and has his iPod headsets in his ears… greets his friends and heads for the elevator up.
Will he get eliminated right away? Or is being “different” the winning strategy? Whoever you are, if you read this, let me know how it went. And all you other interviewers, I feel for you… good luck. And remember: there is life outside the mega-firms.
Update (10/4): What a coincidence that Robert Scoble just posted The suits vs. geeks. 
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