Slashdot Mirror
Cool Work Shirts?
RyuMaou asks: "I just started a job today and noticed I was the only guy wearing a golf shirt. Everyone else had long-sleeve button-downs on. So, I got home and went right to ThinkGeek to buy some Tux button-down collar shirts. But, horror of horrors, they were gone! Where can I get them, or others like them? I'd settle for the Geek.com propeller-head logo, but I'd really like Linux logo gear of all kinds. Anyone?"
Are you going to try to make a statement to your cow-orkers? Are you trying to tell them "I'm different!"
Don't. Just be relaxed about what you wear to work, let those folks get to know who you are for a few months.. otherwise they'll label you ("nerd" or something else) and you'll have a hell of a time getting them to look past the label.
-John
People thought that the "How do I move?" ask slashdot was bad. Now we have fashion advice.
I just checked ThinkGeek, and they're only out of XXL sized shirts.
Not that there's anything wrong with being a big geek, but you should have mentioned it on your question!
Are right here:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/golfshirts/
But really, if you want to impress your workmates, go to work naked! They'll never forget you!
I say you where what you have now, no need to change how you look to impress...plus if you dress to look like everyone else then why not just where a shirt that says i am a trend whore? but thats my two cents...
If we don't end war, War will end us. - H.G. Wells
You're worried about a lack of formality...so you're wearing ThinkGeek clothing?
Did I miss something?
May we never see th
A linux shirt? Hmmm. Did you try the local Versace? I heard they're on sale at Barneys, but you better act quick. Just off the runways in New York, Vogue, GQ, etc. are all saying this *is* the hottest new look for the fall. They all thought the return of Twiggy (the world's first supermodel) would be the talk of the Milan fashion show, but instead it was Alan Cox who turned heads when he was led out onto the stage by the lead designer in the house of ThinkGeek. Standing ovations, curtain calls, the whole nine yards. Good luck finding the shirt! Andy
We have reached a time in the world where nerds are now asking for
fashion advice. I am not sure if this person is so out of touch with
reality that he is unaware that he is asking for the blind to lead the
blind or if some major paradigm shift has happened in the world that
I must have missed while hacking away at my terminal that is lit 24
hours a day by just a red light and has days worth of dishes
piled up on the the top of the shelves that house all of my O'Reilly
books.
Can someone try to clear this up for me?
Ascii artist &
And your asking for fashion tips from /. Dude, I have two coding shirts that I rotate. The first one is neon orange and says, "It's my duty, to please that booty." The other one was from a Math Contest I won in high school with a Maple plot of:
tubeplot([3*cos(2*t) + cos(3*t), -3*sin(2*t) + sin(3*t), 1.2*sin(5*t)], t=0..2*Pi, radius=0.6);
If your gonna ask a fashion question on /. ask what fabrics are coke-resistant. Ask what the best way is to print off Natalie Portman pics to paste onto t-shirts. Ask how to install the Linux kernel on your zipper. Ask how to build a Beowulf cluster of leisure suits.
Mmmmm, our favorite penguin...
I haven't lost my mind!
It is backed up on disk...somewhere...
1. The surf kiddie's solution: Go to your Kinko's (or whatever's the right store for the stuff - it's been a few years since I've been on the left side of the Atlantic), buy some iron-on paper for your printer, download (or draw) the graphic(s) of your choice, print, iron on plain shirt and wear.
2. The Real Hacker(TM)'s solution: pick up that old sewing machine your mom threw out, modify to do some computer-aided embroidery, hack a Linux driver for it, download/draw, embroider on plain shirt, wear.
Both would seem to me to make much more of an individualistic statement than those ThinkGeek-wannabe stuff.
Now let's please keep Ask/. open for the really important stuff, like moving or dieting...
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
From what you're telling us, no one has asked you to stop wearing golf shirts. So what if the others don't? Are you so worried you're not gonna fit in that you have to wear the same type of clothes?
Be yourself and everything will be fine. Who knows maybe some other people will start wearing golf shirts too after a while.
True warriors use the Klingon Google
so there really are jobs out there that you can't wear simple shorts and tshirts for? I alway thought those were just bad stories I was told as a kid so as I'd dress good..
stuff
Is it just me, or did no one read the fscking article? He doesn't want your lame-ass fashion advice. He already knows what he wants to wear, he's just trying to find a source for it.
It's never too early to start working on your manager to get bowling shirts for everyone in your group. Tell him it would be a morale booster, that it would be good for team building. Tell him that's what the boss did at your last job (leave out the part about your last job being at a bowling alley).
It's not like I'm old school, I'm in my mid-twenties, but who wears anything but a suit to the first day of work?
Probably someone who doesn't wear a suit to an interview.
I remember when I was younger, I would bitch whenever I had to wear a tie. The fact is that people judge you by how you look, and if you're starting a real job (or even an internship), you're an adult -- dress the part. That doesn't mean you have to wear a tux to work every day (well, if you were a real penguin...), but you don't want to be the frumpiest looking person on the block.
Our office is business casual M-Th, so the guys wear slacks and button down shirts, and used to always wear ties. About a year ago we had a new manager start who is very "new school/dot com", and always wears polo shirts. To rebel, we all started dressing up more. He's supposed to be our boss, and he's always less presentable than the worst of us.
I'm sure it's a regional thing -- since I work in DC I'm around more people who *have* to wear suits every day (thousands of lawyers and political-types). I'm sure it's similar on Madison Ave, and probably not like that at all in Berkley.
My personal rule of thumb though is when it doubt, dress up, especially where work is concerned. Nobody wants to go to a luncheon in a tux and have people think they work there, but what's worse is when you go to work and people think you're a delivery guy.
"All I ever wanted was to see Larry Wall give Bill Gates a Perl necklace."
http://www.eisenschmidt.org/jweisen
I tend to agree with you (and I'm in my early thirties), but...
/.ers won't understand this. It's called ego, people. Grow up, be forewarned, and get with the times!
You have to get a feeling for what the rest of the office will wear and then try to approximate that. (And, of course, take note of any dress codes mentioned in orientation materials.)
Four years ago, as a consultant (not in the U.S.) who was constantly visiting professional clients (banking, industry, etc.), I was required to wear a suit. It made a difference to the clients, too. We sometimes had clients who would mention in conversation to our bosses that they like us more than our competition because we were more knowledgeable, more professional, blah blah, "and at least your guy wears a suit".
Two years ago, as a consultant in Pennsylvania, doing the rounds in New York, D.C., New Jersey, New England, etc., I sometimes wore a suit, but more often I would wear a dress shirt and blazer to dress up, or a long sleeve button down shirt with no tie to dress down one level, or a polo shirt. It all depended on where I was going. Some clients wanted me to dress like them, which meant khakis and polo shirt -- they were intimidated or at least uncomfortable when I wore a suit. Others wanted me to appear professional, and would not have been hapy had I not been wearing at least a long sleeved shirt.
Today, no longer a consultant, I typically wear polo shirts or a long-sleeved shirt and khakis. Very rarely will I wear a tie. I quite like to know I'm well-dressed, but it would make me stand out and, more importantly, would make my co-workers slightly less comfortable. Ultimately, that slight psychological difficulty can have a small but very real adverse effect on your professional relationships.
But what if I know I have a meeting with managers from other departments? I'll dress up a notch -- it's appropriate in that case, and I want them to go away with a good impression.
Look, really, you have two options. You can be a geek and attempt to impress based purely on your technical skills, or you can be a professional (and still a geek) and dress appropriately. There are plenty who will kick and scream and yell that all that matters is that they know their job. And they will never rise very far, because they are in an imaginary world which bears less and less resemblance to the real world. According to the Gartner Group studies on this topic, we're on a timeline where technical skills have gone from a relevance level of 65% down to 35%. Project management skills, interpersonal relationship skills, and other such management skills have become more and more esteemed and important.
All of which, of course, is totally off-topic to the original question, because I have no other suggestions on where to acquire the specific clothing items that the poster asked about. But the fact is that if you are concerned about your career as opposed to just your job then today it is crucial for a geek to grow up out of the immature "I can wear tee-shirts and sandals because I'm a genius" mentality and realise that in the vast majority of workplaces it does make a difference what you wear. If in doubt, start off playing it safe by dressing one notch above what the standard is, and then aim to fit in with the company culture. If you want to declare your geekiness in such a situation, then by all means go for the button-downs with the small and tasteful Tux logo, if that's appropriate. I know the original poster understands this; that's why he asked the question. I also know that many
Here in da islands everyone wears aloha shirts. The only proper way to wear them is not tucked in. The shirts are colorful, extremely comfortable, and make a very loud statement.
Buck the tradition and switch to aloha shirts (try here for a selection).
If I ever took a job that required me to wear suits everday, I would expect them to reimnburse me for the expense of the clothes and dry cleaning, storage, etc...
Having a closet full of suits would be worthless for me. I couldn't imagine a bigger waste of cash.
I've picked up button down shirts geeks would like on Ebay. Look in one of the computer sections not apparel.
Since I used to live by the beach, let me tell you that the best aloha type shirts are made by Reyn Spooner. Not cheap, normally over $50 per shirt but probably the best in the world.
Sounds like you want to be fit in, but be unique.
I work at IBM, which years ago relaxed its rules about dressing up all the time. No in support we can wear shorts and T-shirts, but there is a guy (about 60) in my tech support group who wears the EXACT SAME THING EVERY DAY except for the color of his tie. That's his trademark.
Maybe you should try it.
Hahahahahaha
Just go buy some nice clothes...
seriously.
I used to bulls-eye womp-rats in my pants
Well, now that you're on a roll. You might as well buy the ThinkGeek chastity belt and throw away the key. I mean, it's not like you were going to be needing those genitals anyways right?
'Pau Hana' is a Hawaiian phrase that means [essentially] the end of the work {week,day} or quitting time. I lived on Oahu for a few years, and from what I saw Pau Hana usually meant that work was ending a little bit early. A Pau Hana Friday (or other end-of-week day) generally meant getting together for a barbecue or beach party.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
.. to the other.
First you go in casual, next you're going in wearing a Tux?
I usually wear my " I Read you E-Mail" shirt to work... or my, "Go away, or I will replace you with a very small shell script!" --All courtsey of Think Geek's website. I have several others that I wear, but those to are my best!
On a related topic, does anyone know if there is a place to purchase "peace, love and linux" shirts (the IBM thing that was spray-painted here and there and
Preferably in black with the fun parts in glow-in-the-dark ink?
Screw monkeysuits, ties, jackets, belts, shinable shoes or wool anything, I dress for my comfort.
At my office, the t-shirt, shorts and gym shoes I wear everyday is an accepted mode of dress. I'm not some 31337 script kiddie either; I'm a 38 year old software engineer at multi-billion dollar engineering company.
I'll never work anywhere that has a dress code. Anyone who (pre)judges an engineer by sartorial standards is a fool, and I won't work for fools.
Because there is no such things as a "dsl admin". You must do support.
a bit expensive, but far more ereet.
bsd work shirts [bsdmall.com]
Jesus Christ, what is this --sales engineering? Fuck them people. Grow a fucking beard. Wear some beads and tie dies and jeans with holes in the ass and two different colored socks and tatoo your fingers to look like puppets. For crying out loud, screw coroprate culture. It's over.
Tshirt: 4.50
There you go!
You want cool work shirts? Have you tried tank tops or muscle tees? If you're of the female variety, you can go with the halter top, tub top, or even bikini top. Those backless shirts look pretty cool as well. All of these choices will keep you on a hot day, but when it really gets smoldering out there, I usually go to work shirtless.
XML causes global warming.