So.....do computer techs still wear a suit to work? (how to, hardware)
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I work for fortune 500 insurance company. Business casual (nothing less than collared shirt/khakis), with exception of suit and tie if we travel to headquarters, or we attend meetings here with bigwigs. I like wearing a suit and tie every so often.
In the late 80's & 90's, I was in IT for Wall St. firms. Two or three piece suits, suspenders, wingtips or penny loafers , etc... I kind of miss those days. Everyone looked cooler in the office, in my opinion. I might be imagining it but I think you get more respect from people if you're weating a suit than if you aren't. "Dress for success" is still true in most cases.
I still do this once or twice a week, never on the same day. Sort of my reverse dress down. It also has the advantage of conditioning people in your office. At first, everyone kids you about "So, how'd the interview go?". I say: "it went great! But we're still haggling over money .... ". But nobody knows if I really went on an interview or not.
In the late 80's & 90's, I was in IT for Wall St. firms. Two or three piece suits, suspenders, wingtips or penny loafers , etc... I kind of miss those days. Everyone looked cooler in the office, in my opinion. I might be imagining it but I think you get more respect from people if you're weating a suit than if you aren't. "Dress for success" is still true in most cases.
Absolutely. Nowadays a lot of people dress for leisure (club wear) rather than success. It's sad really.
I have walked away from job interviews or turned down job opportunities when I found out they required business pro dress code (shirt, tie, etc.). Even if I was just sitting at a desk, I still wouldn't want to dress that way but when I have to move around get down and dirty, I can't stand long sleeve dress shirt but especially the effing tie.
The way I look at it, if a company is that uptight or old school with their IT dress code, then the company atmosphere would not suit me anyhow. I have tried couple of jobs with that kinda sh.tty dress code and I was right, I hated the people and the company just as much as the dress code.
I realized the more comfortable I am with what I am wearing to work, the better I do my work.
Oh, fastninja, if I couldn't build the rapport to get respect from the people I am working with or servicing, I doubt dressing up would help. If it does, that would mean I am not wearing the clothes, the clothes are wearing me, if you know what I mean?
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I've been involved with both. Many companies in both categories have relaxed their dress code to club wear. The finance sector has maintained a more reasonable dress code.
Reasonable? What does that mean?
I just wear polo shirts and slacks, and that's typical for my workplace, but I'm not a UNIX admin or anything, just a mainframe/UNIX application programmer and script junkie.
Leave the techies who aren't management wannabes alone. We aren't (usually) hired for our nice looks.
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What, no pocket protectors
I wore one for a few years when I was just starting. Dress shirts and tie, too. Of course, I was working as a contractor at a customer site, so we had to look the part.
It really depends on what you mean by "tech." If it's a guy who has to check the cables under the desks or fix the printers, he probably shouldn't be wearing a suit.
But if it's a person in software development who meets with managers in other departments, that is different.
shirt with collar/polo shirt and any kind of pants is good enough for my job. I have to crawl under desk, unjam printers, train stupid people that causes problems...
I wore one for a few years when I was just starting. Dress shirts and tie, too. Of course, I was working as a contractor at a customer site, so we had to look the part.
Yea, that was my role also, always in a customer site, a lot of them banks.
Tie was always a clip on, some of the things I worked on could drag you through them, especially the check sorters.
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