I'm observing this as a difference in cultures. I can't say if it's an east coast/west coast thing, or if it's an age-related schism or some sort of class pretentiousness. People working later in the day and dressing significantly more casually than me doesn't make me uncomfortable in any way... it's just different.
For myself, I do prefer to be prompt at all times as a display of respect for the time of others, but perhaps that's because I place great value on time. People who have a different perception of the flow of time or radically different priorities wouldn't share my enthusiasm for timeliness. I demand promptness from myself but I cut a lot of slack for everyone else.
As for clothing, I feel personally that geeks like myself are discounted in business & management because dressing poorly makes a devaluation of our opinions much easier, especially on topics not strictly technical. Business casual --in my experience anyway-- levels the playing field a little my ideas can be addressed more on merit rather than unconsciously (& wrongly) dismissed as coming from an unkept and unknowledgeable hick.
I don't know how these folks dress for dealing with clients or outsiders: I just haven't been here long enough. I hope they would dress up in a fashion appropriate to the work and local culture, whatever that may be.
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Date: 2009-02-03 12:52 am (UTC)For myself, I do prefer to be prompt at all times as a display of respect for the time of others, but perhaps that's because I place great value on time. People who have a different perception of the flow of time or radically different priorities wouldn't share my enthusiasm for timeliness. I demand promptness from myself but I cut a lot of slack for everyone else.
As for clothing, I feel personally that geeks like myself are discounted in business & management because dressing poorly makes a devaluation of our opinions much easier, especially on topics not strictly technical. Business casual --in my experience anyway-- levels the playing field a little my ideas can be addressed more on merit rather than unconsciously (& wrongly) dismissed as coming from an unkept and unknowledgeable hick.
I don't know how these folks dress for dealing with clients or outsiders: I just haven't been here long enough. I hope they would dress up in a fashion appropriate to the work and local culture, whatever that may be.