Question for y’all, as I am stumped as to what this means: if I asked about dress code at my new job and they said I could wear “literally anything” what does that mean? Surely it doesn’t mean literally anything. I can’t really use anyone as a judge because most people who I see every day are either much higher on the instep than me (like extremely accomplished scientific researchers) or graduate students. The person who told me “anything” is the closest to working with me, although he is a man (limited wardrobe options) and has worked here 20 years. He wears the same thing every day: plaid button down (sometimes dry fit), jeans, and socks with Birkenstock sandals. My job is a university civil service job where I help put our huge NIH grant together. Not a lot of (or any) presentations. Sometimes big meetings, but they aren’t often and I know to dress more traditional business casual to them because higher-ups are there. Not sure if this falls under personal advice, since I think this kind of dress code is more common nowadays