I think the fact that an abstract colleague either smells or is not successful in IT career doesn't depend on an ability to dress.
It's a quite controversial article and while I'd been reading it, I wanted to argue about few ideas... But, then you mentioned this -
"to be seen as a professional software developer that also knows how to dress and has some well developed social skills". I totally agree the way we dress is just another skill. Nothing related to IT skills. A company or a job title may require some certain dress code. But, I wouldn't agree that gaining professional skills or developing an IT career is 100% related to changes in your clothes.
I'm quite sure, if someone smells, then it's caused by toxins in the body and it needs to be cleaned by changing a diet, doing exercises, changing a lifestyle. The one wouldn't stop smelling by changing clothes ;) And the one won't become an IT expert by wearing suits every day. It may only lead to one of the manager's job positions if it requires a special dress code in some particular company.
I'm quite pragmatic here. I wear only functional and comfortable clothes. It saves me from wind and rain. I rarely think about a weather outside in a wide range of temperatures. It just works. I hope, I'd never think about clothes in the context of my career or a social status.
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I think the fact that an abstract colleague either smells or is not successful in IT career doesn't depend on an ability to dress.
It's a quite controversial article and while I'd been reading it, I wanted to argue about few ideas... But, then you mentioned this -
"to be seen as a professional software developer that also knows how to dress and has some well developed social skills". I totally agree the way we dress is just another skill. Nothing related to IT skills. A company or a job title may require some certain dress code. But, I wouldn't agree that gaining professional skills or developing an IT career is 100% related to changes in your clothes.
I'm quite sure, if someone smells, then it's caused by toxins in the body and it needs to be cleaned by changing a diet, doing exercises, changing a lifestyle. The one wouldn't stop smelling by changing clothes ;) And the one won't become an IT expert by wearing suits every day. It may only lead to one of the manager's job positions if it requires a special dress code in some particular company.
I'm quite pragmatic here. I wear only functional and comfortable clothes. It saves me from wind and rain. I rarely think about a weather outside in a wide range of temperatures. It just works. I hope, I'd never think about clothes in the context of my career or a social status.