Dress code

[Taita]

Such thinking is permie thinking, and indeed when I was one I used to say as well as think that "I was here for my intelligence and skills and not my fashion sense."

However, people that arent programmers (99% of people) are impressed by superficial things such as dress and empathy. As contractors we should raise our game so that we are thought of as higher in the food chain than everyday 9-5 workers. I think its all about wavelength, you need to be on the same wave length as the people in charge. When you realise what these people actually think of those beneath them, you will understand.

How do the £2000 per day consultancies expect you and I to dress when we represent them?

[SussexSeagull]

What if the office is full of women? Do you prefer knee length or something a bit racier?

When in Rome, dear boy.

[SussexSeagull]

How do the £2000 per day consultancies expect you and I to dress when we represent them?

So your work stands out, not your clothes.

[Taita]

So your work stands out, not your clothes.

Don't work for consultancies often, then?

[PerfectStorm]

Phobias and OCD is what a developer is? Are you actually in the profession or just another pimp lurking?

Sounds like all the ones I work with. Flannels = lumberjack shirts.

[SussexSeagull]

Don't work for consultancies often, then?

No, I am not a recent graduate willing to do 15 hour days.

[vwdan]

No, I am not a recent graduate willing to do 15 hour days.

Or good enough?

[SpontaneousOrder]

Jeans & t shirt.

[SussexSeagull]

Or good enough?

Perhaps if consultants stopped treating work like a fashion parade and concentrated on the work they wouldn't be so widely disliked?

Saying that, if everyone else is wearing expensive suits then you should be wearing an expensive suit.

[vwdan]

Perhaps if consultants stopped treating work like a fashion parade and concentrated on the work they wouldn't be so widely disliked?

Saying that, if everyone else is wearing expensive suits then you should be wearing an expensive suit.

Sorry, I was only teasing really. That said, for a contractor the "big consultancies" are a fantastic way to make great cash on interesting projects while increasing your profile etc etc. I've done a lot of work for some of them and apart from one insane bank holiday weekend (That funded my new laptop and a trade conference I attended) I've yet to be roped into anything too silly. I've not worked with any recent graduates, either.

(Usual disclaimer that I'm not a programmer, though)