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Everyone is sitting in the tracksuit pants at their computer with the lunch dishes still on the table. Or at least I am anyway and I assume everyone else is too. Maybe you're right, maybe everyone else on HN is clever and charismatic and looking stylish and also suave and sophisticated in person. And well dressed.

Nah they're all in their tracksuit pants.

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Yeah, even to the extent that we have "written charisma" that's a very different thing from personal charisma. People who have "spoken charisma" become Youtubers. You can make decent money that way by starting a cult that pays you money.

We can also edit here. That makes a huge difference. Can't do that live or in person.

For very high levels of in-person charisma think Steve Jobs. His ability to convince people was called a "reality distortion field", it diminished once he left the room .. but he'd already got you to commit to building the impossible.

(Since I have 80k HN karma, and 80k karma plus eight dollars buys you a cup of coffee, I've been thinking of doing a data-driven "how to get upvoted on HN" thing. But I'd have to finish writing my scraper.)

You mean, you're not constantly looking out the window of your skyscraper corner office wearing a top tier suit with a glass of pricey cognac in your hand?

Looking down at the plebs walking in the streets, articulating the best way to sell them all on Rust?

No? It's just me then.

Just kidding. Rust is too good for the common man. *sips*

Most do not even bother with the pants.

Me? I’m not out of bed yet

Being good looking isn't that important for being charismatic. It helps, sure. Persuading people is harder for someone who looks funny. But charisma isn't about how someone looks or what they wear.

The ones at work this morning are wearing pants. Most of them.

Standard WFH outfit: button up shirt (freshly dry cleaned), underwear (optional).

Technically, I dress code at my work is army boots and camo. But it is the weekend and so I'm in jeans and running shoes. But then I look out the window at the snowstorm and wonder whether army boots might have been the better choice.

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