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  • S Slacker007

    I think it is bothering my boss to no end that I am wearing my shirt outside my pants today (no clients today). He won't say anything to me about but I know he wants to. I can get away with it because I produce and I work very long hours most of the time. I'm very lucky this way but I won't push the boundaries. Now those of you who get to work from home in your pajamas and/or skivvies then my hats off to you. :)

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    jksimpson
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    The Fortune 500 company I worked for last decade implemented a strict dress code and included developers who had been excluded from previous silliness like this. I had just lost about 50 lbs so I made a trip to a local men's store and bought several suits. Wearing a suit was way beyond the dress code, but I did it even on casual days to break in the new clothes. Several managers pulled me aside to ask me if I had been interviewing elsewhere. A week later I was promoted. The moral of the story: Dress nicely and keep them guessing...

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    • J Joe Simes

      Mark Wallace wrote:

      Some beautiful naked women seem to get less beautiful, the more you talk to them.

      Well there's your problem right there! When beautiful women are naked you are not supposed to talk to them!! :)

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      pgrmdave
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      Wow, way to create an environment where women feel inclined to be programmers...

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      • J Joe Simes

        Mark Wallace wrote:

        Some beautiful naked women seem to get less beautiful, the more you talk to them.

        Well there's your problem right there! When beautiful women are naked you are not supposed to talk to them!! :)

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        cpkilekofp
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        Joe Simes wrote:

        Mark Wallace wrote:

        Some beautiful naked women seem to get less beautiful, the more you talk to them.

        Well there's your problem right there! When beautiful women are naked you are not supposed to talk to them!! :)

        This IS the office. Get your work done there, get your rocks off elsewhere. Focus! LOL Believe me, in America we've learned to do just that *remembering more than one nearly-transparent dress worn to work as "business dress"*

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        • S Slacker007

          I think it is bothering my boss to no end that I am wearing my shirt outside my pants today (no clients today). He won't say anything to me about but I know he wants to. I can get away with it because I produce and I work very long hours most of the time. I'm very lucky this way but I won't push the boundaries. Now those of you who get to work from home in your pajamas and/or skivvies then my hats off to you. :)

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          Fabio Franco
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          Where I work, everyone is free to wear casual clothes as long as they don't push the boundaries, like wearing sleepers or shorts, sleeveless shirts... I work everyday with tennis shoes, casual t-shirts and jeans pants. Occasionally we wear formal clothes when important people come over...

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          • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

            What irritates me about office dress codes is how when there is an official one, a certain gender will still show up in Capri's, flip-flops and t-shirts but everyone is too worried about a certain type of lawsuit to say anything.

            Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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            iris frigole
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            Check this list on what not to wear at work... i can't believe flip-flops are at the bottom of the list! I can't see a reason to wear flip-flops at work, not if you work in an office anyway. http://petite.about.com/od/howtodress/tp/weartoworkmistakes.htm[^]

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            • S Slacker007

              I think it is bothering my boss to no end that I am wearing my shirt outside my pants today (no clients today). He won't say anything to me about but I know he wants to. I can get away with it because I produce and I work very long hours most of the time. I'm very lucky this way but I won't push the boundaries. Now those of you who get to work from home in your pajamas and/or skivvies then my hats off to you. :)

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              SeattleC
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              I work in serious software design shops in the Seattle area, and it's been 10 years since anybody but salesfolk wore anything but worn blue jeans and t-shirts, or maybe cotton slacks if they were feeling fancy or needed to get the laundry done. I used to get teased for wearing dress shirts and wool slacks, but nowadays the women in the office (and actually even the men sometimes) come up to me and say, "Wow, you dress nice for a software engineer." I'm just sayin', you don't have to dress like a homeless person to be a software engineer.

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              • S SeattleC

                I work in serious software design shops in the Seattle area, and it's been 10 years since anybody but salesfolk wore anything but worn blue jeans and t-shirts, or maybe cotton slacks if they were feeling fancy or needed to get the laundry done. I used to get teased for wearing dress shirts and wool slacks, but nowadays the women in the office (and actually even the men sometimes) come up to me and say, "Wow, you dress nice for a software engineer." I'm just sayin', you don't have to dress like a homeless person to be a software engineer.

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                Slacker007
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                Member 2941392 wrote:

                I'm just sayin', you don't have to dress like a homeless person to be a software engineer.

                but it helps...for me anyhow. :-D

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                • S Super Lloyd

                  I work less than 38 hours a week! :P And I work barefoot in short and TShirt!!!! I think I found a good work place somewhere on the Australian coast (not far from Byron Bay)... :D

                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                  Slacker007
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                  Super Lloyd wrote:

                  I work less than 38 hours a week! :P
                  And I work barefoot in short and TShirt!!!!

                  I think I found a good work place somewhere on the Australian coast (not far from Byron Bay)...

                  I am very jealous. :)

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                  • L Lost User

                    Do you fancy giving this[^] a go then? Dress code here is shirt and trousers, tie if you are meeting with someone from outside the company (which is more often than you would think cos I work for a company that provides services to a group of companies so employees of those companies (many in the same building) count as reason for strangling yourself (and wearing a tie))

                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                    ely_bob
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                    .. Yes. :-D

                    I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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                    "The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio...

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                    • S Slacker007

                      Super Lloyd wrote:

                      I work less than 38 hours a week! :P
                      And I work barefoot in short and TShirt!!!!

                      I think I found a good work place somewhere on the Australian coast (not far from Byron Bay)...

                      I am very jealous. :)

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                      Super Lloyd
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                      Hehe, thanks! :)

                      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                      • S Slacker007

                        I think it is bothering my boss to no end that I am wearing my shirt outside my pants today (no clients today). He won't say anything to me about but I know he wants to. I can get away with it because I produce and I work very long hours most of the time. I'm very lucky this way but I won't push the boundaries. Now those of you who get to work from home in your pajamas and/or skivvies then my hats off to you. :)

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                        M Towler
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                        Mine is jeans and T-shirt all year round. I might put on a smarter pair of trousers and a neater t-shirt if I have visitors. A shirt and tie and some slacks I might wear if it was someone really important was coming.

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                        • S Slacker007

                          I think it is bothering my boss to no end that I am wearing my shirt outside my pants today (no clients today). He won't say anything to me about but I know he wants to. I can get away with it because I produce and I work very long hours most of the time. I'm very lucky this way but I won't push the boundaries. Now those of you who get to work from home in your pajamas and/or skivvies then my hats off to you. :)

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                          Ravi Sant
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                          Man, I have ended in such a situation, that I have wear Formal Shirt and Trousers, all 5 days a week. My colleague will never know, how will I look in Jeans/T-Shirt! :(

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