Panic In Detroit

Things are going well at the new job. I'm still entirely useless, but now I'm panicking about it every third day rather than every other day. Today was the first day I didn't wear The Black Shoes. I went out on a limb and decided it would be okay to wear my grey tennis shoes after the lead developer came in wearing sandals yesterday. It was remarked upon in a meeting by management, but only to say that, during our big important meeting with The Suits From BigComCo next week, it was okay for developers to "show their personality a little in their dress." Whatever that means, I think I'm still going to wear The Black Shoes.