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I feel like there's an expectation for me to dress up more than my husband or any other programmer I know, just to be taken a little more seriously. I don't know that many female programmers that wear tshirts except for promo purposes or at home/super duper casual settings either.

Not to mention most tshirts don't fit female bodies in an ideal way anyway...



I'd say the correlation runs the other way. The best female programmers I've worked with dressed like stereotypical nerds (just like the best male programmers I worked with). The ones who "dressed up" were, by and large, those trying to compensate for substandard programming skills (again, just like the guys who wore suits).


That's why there are women's t-shirts that are much better tailored for women.

Personally I never understood the "dress down" culture in programming. I dress up (sports coats, shirts, nice jeans) because I like it.


"I dress up (sports coats, shirts, nice jeans) because I like it."

Likewise, though I trade out the jeans for slacks. I don't like jeans with a sport coat (on me - you can wear what you want).




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