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Just curious if anyone aware enough to notice if your companies dress code stipulates specific gendered codes.
examples being if male presenting - suite and tie, and if female presenting business skirt and heels.
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I would look for another job if a company had a dress code of a suite and tie. I'll do a button up or polo shirt when needed, but never a tie.
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I went with the last option since it seems relatively closest to my dressing tendencies. However, I have never been a true conformist so I tend to dress either slightly over or slightly below what people expect. I have only ever seen computer programmers in suits when they were managers or trying to be one. Otherwise most of my peers seem to stick to the code we were told about by the generation that came before us, essentially jeans and t-shirts.
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That is our dress code. Oh, and we are supposed to wear hi-viz in there as well.
I work for an online sporting goods retailer. Pretty much anything goes in the offices.
About the only rule there is: If someone from Brand N is in, don't get dressed head to toe in Brand a.
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In all fairness, it is a small company (26 employees) and the owner inherited it from her parents. Except for bare feet, most people still fit "casual". My clothes today are boots, black jeans, a graphics design t-shirt (bluebirds) and a black COVID face mask when away from my cubical. I guess I am semi-formal as I tuck in my t-shirt!
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Since I'm retired and all.
I'm surprised that anybody picked business casual or more formal. I thought everyone realized years ago that wrapping a strip of fabric around one's neck does not, in fact, make them better at software development (or any job, for that matter).
I suppose some people might just enjoy 'dressing up', maybe that explains it. When I was still working, it was jeans with a collared shirt, even though T shirt/polo would've been totally OK.
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My previous two jobs required it, so it is only by luck that I wasn't one of them!
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So I wear them even though they're not part of our dress code.
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I have almost twice that, (300+)so I wear them as well, also the Job and some Vendor meetings do still require a level of (perceived) professionalism, and when some of those are representing Millions of dollars I guess we need to do that. Meeting today is Business Casual no tie.
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Should recycle them; perhaps someone can make a quilt out of them 
~d~
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I didn't even wear one to my wedding. I owned one once, used once then burned for some event back in high school 30 years ago.
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I'm now permanently Work Remote, so there is no dress code. For video meetings I put on slacks & Izod, and make sure I've shaved and combed my hair. [Impressions do matter.]
When in the office the dress code appears to be "wear clothes" as jeans, t-shirts, and flipflops raise no questions or even rate second glances. At previous employers the dress code was business casual, so I kept doing that since I already had the clothes and it's comfortable for me.
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I work in my long underwear all day. When (or if) someone wants to see me I just put on a shirt and that's it.
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mostly jeans or chinos and a shirt or a polo shirt, additionally a jersey if winter.
But if something important, then I go for a suit or I add a sacko to the "usual" clothes.
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I've worked from home for the last 11 years so normally I wear anything I want. Around 70% of the year, that means shorts, t-shirt, and flip-flops. Winter months it's usually workout pants, a hoodie, and sneakers. For the occasional Zoom, I'll shave and wear a nice collared shirt. For the even more rare times when I must travel for trade shows, it's khakis, a company polo shirt, and nice (but comfortable) shoes. 
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Well, jeans, socks, shoes, undies, shirt, etc.
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Agreed, its a quality of life thing for me. I don't want to dress up beyond jeans and a t-shirt. Or collared shirt if its my choice. If I "dress up" any further, I'm nervous all day about spilling or messing up my fancy clothes. No thanks!
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If I'm not comfortable, I'm not productive. Jeans and t-shirt are the best, I've never even owned a suit. If I need to meet with important people then break out the new Jeans and a button up
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It was more a few limitations - which made little sense since few if any visitors came to the building and they were primarily vendors or service.
Nonetheless, it was 'no jeans, no T-shirts, no fllp-flops or sandals'. Actually, the sandals part was enforced on males, not females - a long standing cultural sexism I've experienced around the world.
Even on vacations, men often had to wear pants, collared shirt; woman - pretty much anything was OK.
I have, off and on, reminded assorted people that by-and-large, I'm really only hired from the neck, up.
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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.
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I'd be okay with clients walking through on the way to meeting rooms if there were a glass wall.
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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 ...
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