Zac Bowling’s Blog

One thing I known for in my office is my wacky t-shirts. We don’t really have a standardized dress code anymore. There was one years ago (the up until the early 90s) at Texas Instruments. The rules are relaxed a bit at TI over the years from what I hear and it really depends on the division and area of TI you work for I guess more then anything (over 35,500 employees worldwide and thats not including students, interns, and contractors, every part of the company is like its own little company altogether).

Our QA is staff is know for being pretty lax on their own dress (sometimes even flip flops). Maybe thats why the have they work in the basement? Out of all the developers, I’m the only one that dares to ware a t-shirt more then once a month.

At Match.com, the dress code was extremely lax (I don’t even think the CEO even wore a tie). At Nortel is was mandatory for slacks and a collared shirt and a tie was recommended. When I interviewed for Mary Kay, it was required to ware more then just a tie, but everyone was heavily encouraged to ware only the best looking designer clothing.

Funny stuff…