>I wonder how much of this comes from the "corporate atmosphere" ie. in
>dance groups men who are more "feminine" seem to be more respected then
>those that are not... perhaps the environment (perhaps shapped by xyz male
>syndrom) leads to an expectation of a certian dress for a "techie"
The most "corporate" I've had to dress is "business-casual" -- those
clothes don't bother me, since they include pants. (if not shorts, but our
office was supercooled or something so I was often changing from shorts
outside for biking to a sweater inside for the AC).
However, I've been told *many* times that I shouldn't even consider going
to a job interview in anything less than a skirt or dress. Anyone else get
that?
I thought about it a bunch before my last round of interviews and decided,
even though the coop people are trained well and have encountered all sorts
of real interviewers (whereas my experience is comparatively limited) that
if people were going to hire me as a programmer, there was no point in
looking any more feminine. (In fact, it could be a bad point in some
cases, although I suppose I don't want to work for anyone who can't take me
seriously 'cause I'm a girl coder.)
I think my mentioning the MUD in a few interviews made way more of an
impression than my clothing did. :) (At least one of those guys probably
remembers me as the girl who runs a mud -- I could tell he'd lost years of
his life to mudding and was quite impressed.)
Terri
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