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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?"
He doesn't want golf shirts. He wants button down.
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No one wears a suit to work in Silicon Valley. Now if you go up to the city and check out the financial institutions I am sure there are suit wearers. But in my eight years working in the valley itself anyone wearing a suit has been nothing but a subject for derision. This was not a dot com boom phenomenon, either. There were perhaps more pink haired, pierced folks around during the boom days, but the dress code has pretty much stayed the same since I've worked here.
Someone showing up for an interview in a suit might as well have "I'M NEW HERE" stamped on their forehead. Usually the very first thing they are told is to lose the suit.
The sales guys don't wear suits. Even the CEOs don't wear suits. Sure, their button-down shirts are probably tailor made and cost a mint, and their slacks are impeccably pressed, but there is no tie in sight, much less a jacket.
People who are not "customer facing" generally can dress however they like as long as the relevant parts are covered. At my current job many of the engineers wear shorts and sandals all the time. Jeans and t-shirts are very common, too. I usually go for khakis or something similar, with jeans on Friday.
Sarah
I've picked up button down shirts geeks would like on Ebay. Look in one of the computer sections not apparel.