Dress code
One of the unwritten benefits of being an engineer or technician at a semiconductor design company is that the dress code is almost always very casual. After all, who needs to dress-up if they are just sitting at a computer all day? And, you have to remember that engineers aren't known to be the snappiest dressers anyway, so pretty much anything goes at most companies as long as you aren't making contact with customers.
In a typical engineering office, you'll find blue jeans, shorts, tennis shoes, T-shirts, collared shirts, and pretty much anything else that's comfortable. One of the jokes within technology-centric circles is that you can spot the marketing or business workers because they wear slacks and button-up shirts. It's mostly true - you can easily discern the engineers at most companies from the "business guys" almost like a Dilbert cartoon come-true.
However, when visiting with customers, whether on-site or at the customer's location, it is generally required that the engineers dress-up a little bit. That usually means no shorts or T-shirts, but the end result is often still lower than the business guy's daily outfit. Being an engineer or technician is great for those who don't like to over-dress daily just for work.
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