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Now I want to show up at our Zoom meetings in full camo. Doctors and soldiers get such cool uniforms, but us programmers are just business casual. Plus then yo

Now I want to show up at our Zoom meetings in full camo. Doctors and soldiers get such cool uniforms, but us programmers are just business casual. Plus then you could convince a few of your coworkers to show up in camo with you and make your manager nervous you’re about to do a hostile takeover of the company.

cobertos 4y ago
I really like the mandatory programming socks my company prescribes. Waaaay better than business casual
biofox 4y ago
I go for the classic 'Big Blue' look and wear a suit and tie. Helps me to mentally separate work and relaxation time, with the added benefit of getting better treatment from management.
- the_af 4y ago
  Out of curiosity, in which kind of company do you work? In many techie environments, wearing a suit and tie would select you out of the job...
  - dfc 4y ago
    I like to dress up for work. If I have ever missed a job opportunity because I dressed "too formally" I think they did me a favor.
corrral 4y ago
> Doctors and soldiers get such cool uniforms, but us programmers are just business casual. Programmers' uniforms are excessively-expensive hiking clothes, or selvedge jeans with flannel and full-grain leather boots, ideally in a work- or jump-boot style.
- ahazred8ta 4y ago
  "his colleagues, a gender-parity posse of young, smart-looking people, along with one graybeard (literally -- he had a Unix beard of great rattiness and gravitas) who had no fewer than seven devices on his belt, including a line tester and a GPS." -- Cory Doctorow
- rthomas6 4y ago
  Related: the engineer's uniform of blue oxford button down shirt, khakis, and Clark Desert Boots.
shard 4y ago
This makes me think of the camo scenes in RDJ's Sherlock Holmes movie: https://tenor.com/view/sherlock-holmes-robert-downey-jr-chair-camo-rdj-sherlock-blending-in-gif-20775525 https://tenor.com/view/sherlock-holmes-robert-downey-jr-chai...

cobertos 4y ago

I really like the mandatory programming socks my company prescribes. Waaaay better than business casual

biofox 4y ago

I go for the classic 'Big Blue' look and wear a suit and tie. Helps me to mentally separate work and relaxation time, with the added benefit of getting better treatment from management.

the_af 4y ago
Out of curiosity, in which kind of company do you work? In many techie environments, wearing a suit and tie would select you out of the job...
- dfc 4y ago
  I like to dress up for work. If I have ever missed a job opportunity because I dressed "too formally" I think they did me a favor.

corrral 4y ago

> Doctors and soldiers get such cool uniforms, but us programmers are just business casual. Programmers' uniforms are excessively-expensive hiking clothes, or selvedge jeans with flannel and full-grain leather boots, ideally in a work- or jump-boot style.

ahazred8ta 4y ago
"his colleagues, a gender-parity posse of young, smart-looking people, along with one graybeard (literally -- he had a Unix beard of great rattiness and gravitas) who had no fewer than seven devices on his belt, including a line tester and a GPS." -- Cory Doctorow
rthomas6 4y ago
Related: the engineer's uniform of blue oxford button down shirt, khakis, and Clark Desert Boots.

shard 4y ago

This makes me think of the camo scenes in RDJ's Sherlock Holmes movie: https://tenor.com/view/sherlock-holmes-robert-downey-jr-chair-camo-rdj-sherlock-blending-in-gif-20775525 https://tenor.com/view/sherlock-holmes-robert-downey-jr-chai...