Companies want their executives to wear suits and ties but their engineers have a new uniform: "no uniform".
Strongly disagree. I look at it the other way: if I weren't at work, what would I be wearing? Well... the same thing I just happen to be wearing at work. I own a couple suits (one of them actually well-tailored and fitted), a few blazers, a bunch of buttoned shirts. They're great when I'm going for that look, but they're never going to be as comfortable to me (both physically and psychologically) as a tshirt, jeans, and hoodie. When I get home from work, I don't change into something more comfortable like my dad always did when I was growing up. I'm already comfortable.
I think that's the definition of dressing informally to me: not changing my look based on the current situation.
Many nerds have lost their right to wear formal clothes and they've just not woken up to that reality yet.
I do agree with that, unfortunately. At the worst end of it, some people are rejected for positions because of "culture fit", and often the signal for that lack of fit is that they showed up to the interview dressed too formally.
On the other hand, a employee at my company (before my time, sadly) just showed up one day wearing a suit. When asked about it, he simply said, "I just decided I want to dress like this from now on". And that was that.
Strongly disagree. I look at it the other way: if I weren't at work, what would I be wearing? Well... the same thing I just happen to be wearing at work. I own a couple suits (one of them actually well-tailored and fitted), a few blazers, a bunch of buttoned shirts. They're great when I'm going for that look, but they're never going to be as comfortable to me (both physically and psychologically) as a tshirt, jeans, and hoodie. When I get home from work, I don't change into something more comfortable like my dad always did when I was growing up. I'm already comfortable.
I think that's the definition of dressing informally to me: not changing my look based on the current situation.
Many nerds have lost their right to wear formal clothes and they've just not woken up to that reality yet.
I do agree with that, unfortunately. At the worst end of it, some people are rejected for positions because of "culture fit", and often the signal for that lack of fit is that they showed up to the interview dressed too formally.
On the other hand, a employee at my company (before my time, sadly) just showed up one day wearing a suit. When asked about it, he simply said, "I just decided I want to dress like this from now on". And that was that.