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I feel like there's an expectation for me to dress up more than my husband or any other programmer I know, just to be taken a little more seriously. I don't kno
by silencio 12y ago
I feel like there's an expectation for me to dress up more than my husband or any other programmer I know, just to be taken a little more seriously. I don't know that many female programmers that wear tshirts except for promo purposes or at home/super duper casual settings either.
Not to mention most tshirts don't fit female bodies in an ideal way anyway...
- lobotryas 12y agoThat's why there are women's t-shirts that are much better tailored for women. Personally I never understood the "dress down" culture in programming. I dress up (sports coats, shirts, nice jeans) because I like it.
- dllthomas 12y ago"I dress up (sports coats, shirts, nice jeans) because I like it." Likewise, though I trade out the jeans for slacks. I don't like jeans with a sport coat (on me - you can wear what you want).
- lmm 12y agoI'd say the correlation runs the other way. The best female programmers I've worked with dressed like stereotypical nerds (just like the best male programmers I worked with). The ones who "dressed up" were, by and large, those trying to compensate for substandard programming skills (again, just like the guys who wore suits).