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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]maybe the work culture needs to change?

Silicon valley makes truckloads of money, drives innovation, is on the cutting edge of discovery and capitalism and does fine with a relaxed dress code.

Perhaps, if more people followed your new co-worker's attitude, it might be beneficial to the company as a whole? [/quote]

The big difference with SV is that most of the people who work there are the cream of the crop. It doesn't work in every work culture and environment. Different types of people with different types of thinking and motivation.[/quote]

i would think dc has lots of cream of the crop people considering how anal the area is about elite schools and credentials. [/quote]

[b]Also, lets be real. The people who brilliantly manipulate code and hardware all day in SV may wear hoodies and shorts all day, maybe even a bunch of other people too or the VP of HR on Fridays or whatever....... but the people who have to take the sales meetings, the marketing reps, and a whole host of other corporate functions, they are dressed pretty much the same as if they were working anywhere else for a large or new or whatever company.[/b][/quote]

and this is wrong.....'dressed up' in SV for even outwards facing people is polo shirt and khakis and brown shoes or oxford shirt and nice jeans and shoes.....maybe throw on a blazer if it is to talk to really high ups.

There are not many companies in DC where polo shirt/khakis or buttondown/jeans is considered 'appropriate' for 5x a week even in inward facing roles...forget outwards facing ones. 
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