Men in plaid: Look like programmers.

Me in plaid: Look like farmer.

I hate fashion. I hate picking out clothing. Where is my easy uniform-thats-not-actually-a-uniform? The men folk don't have to spend brain cells devoted to clothing, if they don't want, and still look sufficiently appropriate. Whereas I'm sitting here on a Friday night, wondering what precautions need to be made before washing a professional shirt which is for some reason bedecked with rhinestones.

Like four people on my nine person team wore plaid, or similar patterns today. Our female Scrum master wore plaid the other day. She looked like a farmer, and the buttons had rhinestones. There is no escape.

If I wear a dress: "why are you so dressed up?"

Mother fucker, this isn't dressed up. This is an all-in-one outfit that removes the necessity of picking out and putting on pants.

I adopted a uniform. Black full sleeve t and jeans. Then I got married. So now it's black polos and jeans

I would pretty much wear an adult onesie to work if I could. I'm convinced dress codes are created by people with no useful skills!

I wear T-shirts from conferences (either promoting conference or some opensource project) and jeans or shorts. I don't have to shop for t-shirts (big plus) and it speaks clearly about who I am. And only sometimes I pick t-shirt related to the context, most of the time I'm fine with random - aka first one in the stack.

Problem solved:
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T-shirt and jeans.

Programming is probably the only profession in the world where that's always an appropriate dress code.

@Christine "- why are you so dressed up?
- I am an adult and wear whatever I want."

@Christine haha:
"- why are you so dressed up?
- why are you not? "

dress for the language you want, not the language your PM decided on.

@miska The issue with t-shirts is that I don't want words on my chest. Call me prude, but I don't want words and pictures to draw attention to my breasts. The other issue with free shirts is that they are often unisex (so they look very grungy on me) and if they are a light color (I'm looking at you, Ruby DCamp shirt in pale yellow) I don't want to wear them. They are typically a lightweight material, so that combined with a light color means my bra is visible.

@ElectricCoffee True! But, I want to be viewed as a Professional To Be Taken Seriously. It's a weird balance to strike. Too fancy, and you don't look like a software professional. But, as a late-20s woman, I unconsciously get docked more points if I show up to work looking like shit, and sadly, conference tees, graphic tees, and plaid just don't fit the bill. It's not anyone's fault. It's just, I believe, how human brains work. So I have to take that into account, even though I don't want to to.

@Gauthier Ha!

But yeah. I just really need to get around to buying a "uniform." Jeans and... some sort of machine washable top, in similar varieties. But I don't even know what that would be. I literally still wear clothes that I've owned since high school, which ended 10 years ago.

I could rant about how I don't exactly understand what a "blouse" is and that is maddening, but devRant isn't really the place for it.

@Christine I'm 35. I have recently started to not give a f*ck about what I'm expected to wear at work. I like nice shirts, and the occasional tie or blazer. I've always thought that "this is nice, but it isn't me". Now I think "this is nice, so I do it."
If people tease you for the way you dress, the joke's on them. Remind them kindly you're not in high school anymore. If their fashion ideal is Richard Stallman, fine!

(I do look up to Richard Stallman though :D)

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