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[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

I think it's 90% because of silicon valley and the tech industry. Software developers often make more than licensed engineers of other disciplines these days, so why would a young engineer model themselves after their professional body and older members instead of the disruptive adjacent industry?

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I'm a software engineer myself but I have only ever worked on the east coast. Maybe that's the difference?

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

I'm on the east coast myself, in my 40s, also tech (mostly hardware/design, but some software in support of that hw or just doing something experimental).

I will 100% show up with a T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. If I have a meeting or its the fall/spring, I have a sportjacket, but I've admittedly shown up in a zip up hoodie before (though that was specifically in a space I was doing some concepting in, not a boardroom).

Client meetings with their c-suite will get a collar, but its a golf shirt in the summer.

That said, I work from home pretty much exclusively, so its all t-shirts now. I wouldn't even worry about straight up Donald Duck'ing it if it were more comfortable (its not).

I think its just generational.

Lol I've only heard "porky piggin' it" before!

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Idk I’m an industrial engineer and I dress like the workers because it’s comfortable, safe, and shows them I’m not putting myself above them

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