Rance_x04
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The first time this happened to me, I showed up to a formal event wearing sandals, a t-shirt proclaiming the greatness of Linux, and jeans. Despite my casual attire, I was allowed entry by the security team, who recognized me as being from the IT department and assumed I was there to ensure the computers were functioning properly. LOL. (1/2)
Nobody said anything, but you know they were looking at me and like, WTF this guy is doing here? Is he lost? Who allowed him to join our elite event? Maybe it was all in my head because they were too busy with whatever they were doing that day. I still dislike attending social gatherings even now. I find solace in peaceful environments like the seaside or a park. Large crowds make me anxious and uncomfortable. It's just not my cup of tea. (2/2)
David 
@nixCraft I feel you. 20 years as a Unix / Linux / Network Admin, now doing embedded development.
Melroy van den Berg
Kyle From IT@kylefromit @nixCraft it's in the same ballpark overall. I didn't (nor would I recommend) making a decision based on that.
Stefan 
@nixCraft thanks for sharing! Everyone is different and this is good.
Sometimes in social events I don’t get many jokes or don’t get why something is funny. Maybe because I think of most thinks to technically and in too detail.
Anarchy Inc@nixCraft you have many kindred spirits! The trick is to not mind being different and indeed embrace it. Doesn’t make others bad or wrong. Plenty of room in the world for us all! That being said, give me a empty hiking trail or a train museum any day.
IDGAF Certified@nixCraft you know who else shows up at black tie events in jeans and comfortable shoes? The wealthiest people in the room. Eccentric tech billionaire vibe.
Weasel@nixCraft I remember being in a meeting at Intel one day in the 1980's with my CEO and a few of their execs to work out a deal for a project I was heading. I was the only one in the room without a coat and tie. But whenever a technical question came up, they would all look at me rather than my CEO. I came away realizing that my non-management attire gave me a certain credibility.
rnlf 🍉
@nixCraft At my previous job, we were chronically short on meeting rooms. One day we booked the only one that was free. When we were there, the owner of the company entered, looked around disgustedly and said, "hmm, technicians [sic]" and left.
5 minutes later she came back "This meeting room is reserved for the management board, if I see any of you technicians here again it'll have consequences".
It wasn't even marked as a somehow special room in Outlook 🤷♂️
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CET@nixCraft so I assume, seaside/park are aliases for your local environment while "social gatherin" is an alias for a production environment, right?
vikkelä@nixCraft Ha, happened to me aswell on a real hot summer day, similar outfit, wearing flipflops short cargo pants and a nerd shirt, no idea which one of the many I have... :D
Reason was I did expect the meeting on a different day.
The ppl just said that they envy me when we talked business, because they are sweating in their business suits. :D
There was no ignorance or something, just honesty. Thanks to that it was a good business meeting.
Mark Keisler@nixCraft at a job I had a long time ago I found out later that people knew me as the guy that wore sandals to work.
Kevin Becker 
@nixCraft I sold a PowerBook 190 to get money to buy my first suit to attend a formal work Christmas Party when I was in my 20s
zazaserty@nixCraft Lmao this guy was wearing the classic linux swag
Deafboy@nixCraft The wealthy elite has to conduct small-talk to get to know each other. We have funny t-shirts and laptop stickers. It's efficient, and communicates well over significant distance. Shirt and tie + no stickers is automatic red flag.
BrooklynMan (in exile) 🏳️🌈@nixCraft ngl, i think Zelensky is adorable
Kero Winglynd 
@nixCraft it's too true. There is a level of respect for the invite, but...
@nixCraft he Mark Rutte (from the Netherlands), just behind the man himself.. And his "friends" and very funny to see.
Paladin 
@nixCraft Being a hunk with masive balls and sweet leadership skillz?
Cissely Madelynn 🏳️⚧️
Matthew Kay@nixCraft Bwahahaha! Truth be told, he isn’t wanted there.
NoctisEqui 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇹🏳️🌈That’s just insulting! Zelensky is worth 10 of the others.
@nixCraft a doer mixed in with a bunch of empty, expensive suits. Sounds about right.
Space Dancer@nixCraft When there's an event on the office floor shared between the IT Ops people and the Sales people.
xs4me2If only we had more like him…!
dmsref@nixCraft do you have any suggestions where to learn to be a sysadmin linux?