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How you're dressed has absolutely no reflection on your ability as a developer.
Customers should never have any interaction with developers.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I'd be okay with clients walking through on the way to meeting rooms if there were a glass wall.
And decent food pellets.
Mmm. pellets.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I don't think I've ever had any sort of dress code.
When I first started out I used to wear hoodies to work, even to customers, which was totally fine since customers wore them too.
As I got a little older I switched to collared shirts, neatly tucked into my pants, so I guess that's kind of business casual.
In the summer it's just t-shirts though, while colleagues wear shorts.
I've even had a colleague who wore flip flops to work (while the official dress code was business casual) 
Luckily, I've mostly worked with people who cared more about getting things done than dressing up.
Nowadays I wear casual or whatever's socially acceptable unless I'm meeting with customers, in that case it's more business casual.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I've mostly worked with people who cared more about getting things done than dressing up.
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pajamas till lunch time.
then I change in to shorts or jeans and a t-shirt on most days.
If I am doing a formal, scheduled video chat/meeting, then I shave and make sure my hair is presentable and where a nice shirt; otherwise I go for the cave man look.
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If I'm meeting a new(ish) customer, then a suit and uncomfortable shoes is de rigueur.
The rest of the time a clean, ironed, white shirt and clean jeans with optional trainers is my "dress of the day".
Clothes matter: first impressions are formed in seconds and colour the whole relationship, so suited and booted it is as that gives a "tidy and professional" appearance. Once a relationship is based on what you have shown you can do, then relaxing into your (on your site) or their (on their site) normal attire makes everyone more comfortable. Think about it: if you are interviewing job candidates and someone turns up in shorts and sandals, what are you going to think about his probable working practices?
And they matter to you, too - what you wear affects how you think, how you behave. Your mind set in ripped jeans and a rude T is very different from your mindset in a suit and tie ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I concur. I wear my version of business casual, corduroys and a polo shirt with comfortable shoes. I have about 50 polo shirts and 6 pairs of corduroys so I don't have to do laundry very often. It's comfortable and suitable for most occasions - I even wore the same at trade shows when I did them. The last time I wore a suit and tie for work was 2002. I don't actually own any jeans. I never got into them and didn't miss them when they got wet while hiking or camping.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If we want to, we can choose between two optional work wear styles.
Pros: The business pays for these; it protects your own clothes if you need to crawl under desks (but I don't); they are actually reasonably comfortable.
Cons: You look like either a supermarket employee or a postal worker; go-getters don't they come suited and booted.
From the top bosses down to the junior office workers there is a mix of sharp suits and dorky workwear. There are very few "smart casuals" although that is allowed in the rules. Possibly that's because we did have a dress down Friday, and it didn't go well. Someone turned up as in star wars rebel fighter uniform, next week dress code for dress down, kind of defeats the purpose.
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Formals on the other weekdays.
Don't ask about those occasional Saturdays. 
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