People who dance to the beat of their own drum rather than conforming automatically, garner a lot more respect from me. Otoh, people who are rebel against the "norm" just to be edgy are very obvious and are a detriment to their credibility on the onset.
I couldn't care less if someone's wearing shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt to give a presentation if they obviously know what they're talking about.
Wear what's comfortable, with some respect to common decency - wearing a speedo to give a presentation on a JS library probably won't warrant a great response (though I'm sure stranger things have happened).
Re:Who wants to play the status game?
by JamesSwift on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:36PM
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Or 3) I think this person is desperate to be seen as an outsider/counter-culture/outside-the-box-thinker, which they think will improve their status.
When someone is playing by all the rules, you assume they are doing their best to cement their status.
When someone bucks the norm, you create at least two potential thoughts in people’s minds: 1) this person lacks status or 2) this person’s status is so high they don’t need to conform.