[geeks] Re: Dress Code

[James Rice]

I work at a very small family owned company.  Our dress code is two 
tiered, sales and trainers wear business casual, I (the only HW&OS tech) 
wear  jeans in the winter and khaki or cargo shorts when it's warm.  Tee 
shirts are accepable if there isn't a  lot of graphics.  This applies if 
I'm going out onsite.  If it's a weekend or I'm building PeeCee's, 
whatever I feel like wearing is ok.  I usually keep some "onsite" 
clothes around in case of a fire somewhere.

Speaking of salary, I've noticed it seems better a lot of times in 
smaller growing companys.  The two techs here make around $75-80k (there 
are two of us).  I fill the role of SA, hardware tech, system builder 
and  NT/2000 weenie (our software won't run on 'nix, but I'm slowly 
getting access to the souce code and recompliling it under Kylix, my 
goal is a Microsoft-free product line), the other guy is my backup and 
is also the DBA.  As long as I take care of the customers, keep our 
systems up and deliver systems on time,. no body fucks with me, my spare 
time is my own.  Nobody audits the equipment, all RMA'ed boxes and 
equipment is my own to have if I can get it working.  Not too many 
benefits, buy it's a very easy job.  And I only hold an A+ and a few 
MSCE classes.  M$ pissed me off with the big NT must be recerted thing 
last year, so I may not ever finish.

You know, I don't think I've seen a suit in our office except for 
outside sales drioids calling on us since I've been there.

James