Ask Slashdot: Is There a Professional Geek Dress Code? 432
First time submitter KateKintail writes "I'm being promoted to be a director of a computer/web services department at work with staff members (not yet hired) working under me. My workplace doesn't have a dress code 95% of the year. Is this the end of my days of jeans and enjoyably geeky t-shirts? Is there a way to dress professionally in the workplace as a boss (the kind that doesn't need to be defeated at the end of a level) while still showing my Browncoat or Whovian love as I crawl under cobwebby desks to check that equipment is properly plugged in?"
Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:5, Funny)
now that you have been promoted to executive management you'll be completely unable to use a computer with in 6 months.
Re:Dress Code (Score:5, Funny)
First rule of geek dresscode (Score:5, Funny)
The first rule of geek dresscode is that you don't speak about geek dresscode.
Re:Look to Gene Kranz (Score:5, Funny)
...but only if the smartphone has the slide-rule app installed
Well... (Score:2, Funny)
Bow ties are cool.
Mismatched socks (Score:5, Funny)
To quote the new VP of Development at my company, on the day of his promotion: "I stand here before you wearing one brown sock and one blue sock, demonstrating that you do not need to know how to dress yourself to get ahead."
you need to wear orange* (Score:5, Funny)
1. cheetos stains are ok on an underling's t-shirt, but as a manager, when you wipe your cheetos hands on your shirt, it should blend in, so you appear professional. therefore, ultraviolet orange is the only shirt color you can wear from now on
2. you should not wear the same jeans more than 3 days in a row. it is ok to set them out and allow the bacterial mass to age for a day or two, and then wear them another day later
3. when you take your shoes off, the sock odor whiff from the cubicle next door should not exceed 220 ppm particulates of fungal matter. this level for managerial positions is more strict than 660 ppm particulates of fungal matter for underlings. so socks must be changed at least weekly. if you have a your own office now, then by all means, you do not have to change your sock policy, private offices are allowed mushroom growth
(* you are asking slashdot for clothing advice. SLASHDOT. what do you expect?)
Re:Dress Code (Score:4, Funny)
That's just common sense.
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:5, Funny)
So, first up on the leg: 1 check all cables 2 try turning it off and on again. Now no one will ever know she forgot how to use a computer!
Kate is a female name right??
Re:Dress Code (Score:3, Funny)
Since when does a female, nerd or otherwise, ask a male nerd for actual fashion advice? That's not exactly our strong suit.
Re:Contractor wear (Score:2, Funny)
It works both ways. I would (wrongly) rather have a guy in a black geeky t-shirt handle my web server then a guy in a suit.
Quite - I've found that my long hair/jeans/combat boots look gets me treated more seriously as an admin than a guy in a suit. Though I also think my lack of a proper Unix wizard beard is really holding back my career.
Wear a Star Treh captain's uniform (Score:5, Funny)
and insist that everyone call you Captain.
Re:Look to Gene Kranz (Score:5, Funny)
So now I hate and admire you.
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:5, Funny)
Kate is a female name right??
It's short for Bob.
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:1, Funny)
No UID and yet you still dog-pile onto the first post to dog-pile onto the first post.
I'm sorry, what was your point exactly?
Re:Dress Code (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does it really matter (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing says YOU WILL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME quite like black leather and stilettos. :)
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Better learn to dress well because..... (Score:4, Funny)
Otherwise dress at least one step up from those you supervise, or better yet at an equivalent step to what your new supervisors are wearing
What if his new subordinates take that advice too? Then they're trying to dress equivalent to him, while he's trying to dress one step up from them.
It's a vicious cycle that'll see them all wearing Gucci tuxedos (or whatever is the highest in style).