When college hires first start, they are starry eyed and full of hope. You can see it in their faces and you can see it in the way they dress – slacks, dress shirt, and perhaps even a vest. After all, during the interview process everyone that interviewed them was dressed this way. What they didn’t realize is that the people interviewing them were new hires (see Hiring Process)
The truth is, the longer people have been at the Shitshow the worse they dress unless you make management. Flunktional managers dress in a company polo shirt and dockers while program managers dress in a blue dress shirts and brown dockers. Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but these are mostly people who haven’t yet realized it doesn’t matter.
Don’t get me wrong, some senior engineers still wear vests to work but it’s to cover up stained and wrinkled shirts. It’s not uncommon to see t-shirts with holes in them, 5’oclock shadows at 9am, and hair that hasn’t seen a comb or brush in days.
Because if Mr. Blackwell visited the Shitshow his list would be infinite, I throw rocks.
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