Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

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    • neilh

      Well, I don’t particularly care about the job, I’m just going to the interview for a bit of a day out in London, it’ll get me out the house.

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  5. karohemd

    Depends on who the interview’s for.
    If it’s a hair and beard friendly (i.e. geeky) place, leave it. If it’s bowler hat and tightly wound umbrella world, shave and get a hair cut.

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    • neilh

      Lets face it, theres no haircut happening anytime soon, and when there is it’ll involve blue and mohawks….and if they can’t deal with that, then thats their problem.

      Its gonna be a bit geeky, but probably not in that way, its the kind of thing you can grow again once you’ve got the job and shown your worth, probably not the kind of thing thats going to make the job mine in the first place.

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  6. ex_lark_asc

    If you’re going to wear a smart shirt and tie, no. If not, yes – it makes you look like a tramp in combination with those murky jumpers of yours..

    (well you asked!)

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    • neilh

      That was the look I was going for….its surprising how differently I’m being treated now, people are stopping at the zebra crossing to let me across, ‘cos now they see “drunken tramp who couldn’t care less”, rather than “raving poofter who deserves to be run over”

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    • neilh

      Miracles are my currency…erm, no, I see what you mean, start light, bring out the good works later…. more likely to be asked back like that…

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  8. neilh

    Re: OMG! And I’ve been chatting to you on skype and everything – you never let on

    Indeed, I once had an interview with an EDS-alike, the agent was pushy-pushy-pushy but when I turned up they took one look at my hair and apologised for wasting my time.

    Thing is, I’m still the same person on the inside of all the hair, just a bit lazier and a couple of minutes earlier in the office every day. There was a point at which everyone couldn’t hear what I was saying any more, too, which I assume was because they couldn’t see my mouth any more. So that was interesting. Hell, I gotta keep myself amused somehow.

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      • sciamachy

        They never do anyway – since everyone’s head is asymmetrical, you just have to decide on where the edges will be and stick to your design. There’ll be imperfections, but the trick is to keep it as unnoticeable as possible, and not to mind the bits you can still see are wrong. Like, I keep mine to a line you can draw that is the thickness of my moustache away from the corners of my mouth, extending diagonally back to under my jaw, where the beard there is allowed to grow as far as the first hint of a double chin, thus disguising my huge flabby face, making it look pointier and leaner.

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        • neilh

          I think thats my problem, I just keep chipping away at it trying to make it balance, then suddenly I’m left with the gay beard, which has to go.

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  10. sciamachy

    Re: OMG! And I’ve been chatting to you on skype and everything – you never let on

    I’m pretty sure there are some long-haired, beardy types working at my place who used to be EDS people. We took over in July, though I was there from April last year. There’s quite a few with bling-bling earrings too.

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  11. sciamachy

    Re: OMG! And I’ve been chatting to you on skype and everything – you never let on

    Doubt it – many of these guys either have *really* long hair or very well-established beards. They’re not in very customer-facing roles though.

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  16. sciamachy

    Re: OMG! And I’ve been chatting to you on skype and everything – you never let on

    A fair chunk of the civil service has ended up re-outsourced out of EDS’ hands and into those of Capgemini & Fujitsu collectively. That’s where I came in, so to speak.

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    • neilh

      Re: OMG! And I’ve been chatting to you on skype and everything – you never let on

      Good grief, its no wonder this country is falling apart with that many cooks watching the broth.

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  17. neilh

    That was a non-flash picture, I look rather (more) stupid with the flash so I’m not publishing those.

    But yes, totally agree about low maintenance for beards, its the only way to go, whats the point of having a beard and still having to shave every day?

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