Well. I sat down to write, but I can't seem to squeeze out a real post. Here's an assortment of excuses (one of these is real, the others I just made up, guess which is which):
1) Facebook is just too addictive
2) I had a real good topic, but I'm too drunk now to finish it
3) Insane schedules at work, caused constipation
4) The lettet "t" came loose in my keyboatd
5) I just can't get work-related problems out of my mind
6) I keep worrying about my brother, who's grown a moustache
7) The lack of real problems because I'm just too well-off
8) A skewer through the brains
9) Existential anxiety attack
10) Meaning of life solved, everything else meaningless.
The first one to guess right gets a free, non-banana gift!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
Dressing up
Lately, I haven't given much thought to what to wear to work. I haven't had the time or energy for such matters. Most mornings, I just grab some mouldy old junk from the nearest pile. Usually, it's jeans and a shirt. One day it was a wooden barrel and suspenders. Boy, that was a horrible day.
Maybe I should dress sharper. I'm not sure if it matters. Most men at the company I work in wear suits and ties. Then again, most of them are sales guys or something, while most men in IT wear jeans and T-shirts. So why would it matter? Would it help me advance in my career? I don't know. I think that for a male programmer, there are basically four options:
1) Dress really sharp. Wear suits and ties, only wear jeans to really casual events. This is okay for managers and sales guys, but if you're neither, you take the risk of looking like a prat. And technical people never look really sharp (evidence). If they do, they are probably technically rubbish wannabe managers.
2) Dress somewhat sharp. Wear mostly pressed trousers and shirts. Wear jeans if you like, but if you do, make sure that they are clean, new and not too hip. This makes you look respectable to people who don't know you, and does not alienate technical people.
3) Dress comfortably and practically. Wear jeans, T-shirts, hiking gear and such. This is a common practice for technical people, but business people might not take you seriously in some matters. Usually it does not matter though, because style is not expected from technical people.
4) Dress originally. Look like Marilyn Manson. Or wear a wooden barrel held up by suspenders, whatever you like. This causes you to alienate everyone in a business environment.
Lately I've coasted near option no. 3, but I would like to sharpen it up a notch. I don't know exactly why, though. Maybe I just want to show that I'm one sharp guy, even in the dressing department. Maybe I'm pepping up for the oncoming, overdue salary readjustment. Maybe I'm just perversely attracted to stiff, Dilbertian corporate culture. Yeah, I admit that.
Also, as a male engineer in his thirties, and therefore an expert in style matters, I'd like to offer some fashion tips for everyone:
1) Don't wear ankle-length leather jackets. You don't look like a character from The Matrix, you look like a prat. Unless you're the guitarist from Whitesnake, playing a solo on a hilltop, in front of a sunset, or a nazi officer in 30's Germany. Then they're kind of appropriate.
2) Stretch jeans don't look good on anyone. They are obligatory on glam rockers, they might look nice on hay pole thin female models, but they are just ridiculous on robust women and any adult men. Don't do it, please.
3) Less is the new black. I mean, less is the new more. And, logically, colours are the new black. Also, wimpy might be the new hard, but I'm not totally sure about that.
4) Don't worry about your appearance. When I was younger, I stood in front of a mirror a lot, unhappy, worrying. It didn't help at all. The only thing that helped was to forget about it and start doing something useful. Now I wish I'd done something worthwhile all that time.
5) I like skirts. On women that is.
6) Classic style rules. There is a good reason why it is classic.
And what do I look like? Why, something like this, of course:
(Image stolen ruthlessly without any kind of permission, or regrets, whatsoever.)
Maybe I should dress sharper. I'm not sure if it matters. Most men at the company I work in wear suits and ties. Then again, most of them are sales guys or something, while most men in IT wear jeans and T-shirts. So why would it matter? Would it help me advance in my career? I don't know. I think that for a male programmer, there are basically four options:
1) Dress really sharp. Wear suits and ties, only wear jeans to really casual events. This is okay for managers and sales guys, but if you're neither, you take the risk of looking like a prat. And technical people never look really sharp (evidence). If they do, they are probably technically rubbish wannabe managers.
2) Dress somewhat sharp. Wear mostly pressed trousers and shirts. Wear jeans if you like, but if you do, make sure that they are clean, new and not too hip. This makes you look respectable to people who don't know you, and does not alienate technical people.
3) Dress comfortably and practically. Wear jeans, T-shirts, hiking gear and such. This is a common practice for technical people, but business people might not take you seriously in some matters. Usually it does not matter though, because style is not expected from technical people.
4) Dress originally. Look like Marilyn Manson. Or wear a wooden barrel held up by suspenders, whatever you like. This causes you to alienate everyone in a business environment.
Lately I've coasted near option no. 3, but I would like to sharpen it up a notch. I don't know exactly why, though. Maybe I just want to show that I'm one sharp guy, even in the dressing department. Maybe I'm pepping up for the oncoming, overdue salary readjustment. Maybe I'm just perversely attracted to stiff, Dilbertian corporate culture. Yeah, I admit that.
Also, as a male engineer in his thirties, and therefore an expert in style matters, I'd like to offer some fashion tips for everyone:
1) Don't wear ankle-length leather jackets. You don't look like a character from The Matrix, you look like a prat. Unless you're the guitarist from Whitesnake, playing a solo on a hilltop, in front of a sunset, or a nazi officer in 30's Germany. Then they're kind of appropriate.
2) Stretch jeans don't look good on anyone. They are obligatory on glam rockers, they might look nice on hay pole thin female models, but they are just ridiculous on robust women and any adult men. Don't do it, please.
3) Less is the new black. I mean, less is the new more. And, logically, colours are the new black. Also, wimpy might be the new hard, but I'm not totally sure about that.
4) Don't worry about your appearance. When I was younger, I stood in front of a mirror a lot, unhappy, worrying. It didn't help at all. The only thing that helped was to forget about it and start doing something useful. Now I wish I'd done something worthwhile all that time.
5) I like skirts. On women that is.
6) Classic style rules. There is a good reason why it is classic.
And what do I look like? Why, something like this, of course:
(Image stolen ruthlessly without any kind of permission, or regrets, whatsoever.)
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