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Any engineers?
Any engineers here? Looking for some advice! DH is going to a civil engineer's dinner tonight through school. I believe it's mainly for networking and recruiting. He still works as a contractor because his degree is in progress in civil engineering, so he's freaking out about what he should wear (which I find so cute!) since he hasn't been in the professional engineering workplace much yet. I told him to wear his suit pants and a collared shirt, and to bring his jacket and tie, and I'd ask around and see what "professional attire" means to an engineer. Would it be a full suit? Slacks and shirt only? Slacks, shirt and tie? He said he didn't want to look/feel like a douchbag by over dressing 
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I come from the high tech/software industry, so I think we tend to be a little more casual unless it's a big meeting or an interview.
Re: Any engineers?
I think he should be fine in dress pants and a button shirt.
the engineers I work with, we are all very casual. I know quite a few people that would show up in jeans. But I would probably dress in a skirt and nice top.
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I assume that the recruiters to network with will be coming straight from work?
I wouldn't wear a full suit. The slacks and shirt should be fine (I would bet that or slacks with a polo shirt will be what the recruiters wear).
Tell him to get there a few minutes early and watch the people enter the building - then decide on tie vs. no tie.
This will be a recruiters first impression so as long as he doesn't spill lunch on his shirt - he should be good to go.