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Yep, dress to the social norms. If your company and the onsite people differ then wear what everyone else is wearing and hang a suit up if you have to visit the
by protomyth 9y ago
Yep, dress to the social norms. If your company and the onsite people differ then wear what everyone else is wearing and hang a suit up if you have to visit the brass.
At one point in my life, a person showing up wearing a suit was a big warning (e.g. government worker). I then went to work at a place that took its dress code a bit seriously[1].
Although, if a person is with a consulting company that is in the business of pushing out IT employees expect them to all wear suits and convince your management that they are serious workers and you are sloppy workers. The management tribe likes suits.
1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3015677#3015969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3015677#3015969
- walrus01 9y ago> At one point in my life, a person showing up wearing a suit was a big warning (e.g. government worker) If you really want to freak people out, wear business casual, put on a BRAND NEW clean high-visibility safety vest and fresh, clean hard hat without any stickers and show up to a major high-rise construction site with a clipboard and DSLR camera. Have done this a few times (planning fiber construction/riser paths).
- protomyth 9y agoI can see where that would be a "oh, great" moment. I was in a rural area. What a lot of people don't get about government site visits for grants is that there is a bit a pecking order. The upper officials get to go to "cool" places like Hawaii or New Orleans during Mardi Gras, or any number of interesting places during an event. Now, the screwups and very low level folks get to go to North Dakota. If you ever wonder why some folks in rural areas hate the government, then take a look at the kind of person DC sends our way.