Over the last three weeks, I gave you a full deep dive into my IT career history. I talked about my first job, my current job, and everything in between! I was as honest and thorough as I could be (probably more honest and thorough than I should have been), but now I’m going to look a little bit deeper and provide you with a few lessons that I’ve learned from navigating my IT career and the professional space. I figure that if I’ve devoted this much time to a career, I might as well try my best to help others who are looking into the same thing.

Why are uniforms and dress codes such a big deal? It’s just clothing, right? And you only have to wear it for a maximum of eight hours a day, don’t you? So why on earth would I be adding uniforms and dress codes to this series on why your job sucks? Well, buckle up, because there are going to be quite a few examples in this one and no uniform/dress code-enforcing employer is going to be happy with this article.