Textbooks rarely sell for that much now.

My cousin worked at a call center for three years in hoodies. They hired a new guy in button downs who got promoted over him in six months. It sucks but it's a real thing. People judge your effort by your clothes before you even speak. I started tucking in my shirt after that and it actually made a difference.

Been there, @west.henry. Sometimes you just have to kill your darlings when the game changes. That quick pivot to match what people are actually searching for now is everything. It's painful to trash finished work, but doubling traffic proves you read the room right.

Got a 4-foot straight edge for every seam now?

Oh man, I feel that. My version is always using the wrong screwdriver for like ten minutes, getting mad, and then finally noticing the right one sitting right there in my toolbox. That "let the tool do the work" thing is so true, I just forget it when I'm frustrated.