u/Cute-Split9638

38m. Senior role as of last month. Client dinners, presentations, the kind of visibility I haven't had before.

My wardrobe is from the version of me that sat at a screen for eight hours with minimal video calls.

At a client dinner last week I looked at the other senior people at the table. Not comparing egos just noticing. They were dressed like people at this level. I was dressed like someone who got accidentally invited. The gap wasn't confidence, wasn't what I said  just how I was physically in the room.

Budget is not the constraint. Knowledge is. I've been dressed-as-software-engineer for six years and I don't know what the thinking is for a rebuild at this level. Not which brands what's the actual framework?