When I first came out of school and resented such condescension, I wondered if it was something that would seem more acceptable later in my career, instead it n

When I first came out of school and resented such condescension, I wondered if it was something that would seem more acceptable later in my career, instead it now only seems more clear. Meritocracy is one of the things that makes our field special. Its not perfect, we have our biases, but wearing shorts or tennis shoes to work is not a statement of rebels. It’s a statement, in my view, about less respect for formalities and most respect for people who think, do, innovate, and advanced the state of something. Those people, a lot of times they are the senior and experienced ones, but it’s really not much of a surprise when their not.