> > I have never ever worked somewhere where sneakers were not allowed all the time. And I've worked for companies of just about every size. A west coast thing?
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> No, that's pretty much been my experience too. My current job is the tightest of any professional job I've had, and it's also the only company I've worked for that wasn't in the tech industry. I'm sure there's a correlation. But even there, T-shirts and sneakers are acceptable, and while shorts are *technically* against the dress code, that doesn't seem to be enforced very much.

I started my career in a suit. I kid you not. That was 1959. After a year or two it was a sport coat and slacks with a white shirt and tie.

The sport coat got replaced by a windbreaker after a few years, but the tie hung* around until circa 1967. Sometime in the 70's it was slacks and a polo shirt. I never got into the blue jeans stage. Now that I am retired, I get to wear them almost everyday.

The only way we could get rid of the tie was to say that we were the only professionals in the south who worked in an unairconditioned building. We threatened to take our breaks in the principal's office just to cool off. The joke, of course, was that we didn't get breaks, but we made our point.
Howard
*pun not intended