Own the Image We Project
Explore how to consciously manage the professional image you project in the workplace. Understand the impact of first impressions, workplace norms, and personal style on your career as a programmer. Learn to confidently own your appearance and grooming to influence how colleagues perceive you, helping you build credibility and manage your career effectively.
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Programmers may not be judged by their clothes as much as, say, executives or salespeople. Even so, the people around us have their biases. We can choose to challenge them or decide we’re better off picking a different battle. Either way, we should choose consciously.
Perceptions
We humans haven’t lost our capacity for instinct—we will make snap decisions about situations and people in a split second. The R-mode, pattern-matching part of our brain will make a decision before any conscious thought has time to process. For example, thoughts like “That person looks professional” can run through our minds before the person has time to say a word.
This value judgment may be right or ...