geeks

[Carl Remick]

>Take something simple like dress code.  I work for an ancient
>manufacturing company.  Very "old school", powerful old men in expensive
>dark suits running things, etc.  Two years ago they instituted a new dress
>code, business casual all year.  Do you think this had anything to do with
>losing sales talent to competitors without dress codes?  Of course not,
>this is hackerdom breaking the rules, and the company changing the rules.
>A simple example of course, but it illustrates how the world is changing
>in subtle ways.

And getting even worse.  Whoop-de-doo, I can wear chinos and a sportshirt in 
the office now but had to wear a suit and tie 20 years ago.  Of course, 20 
years ago I wasn't expected to work til 3 a.m. or all weekend because of 
"urgent" project work.  This trade-off doesn't seem to bother the younger 
people I work with (I'm 50) at all.  To me, they seem like the most deluded 
generation in history.

Carl
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