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I am also a transcription factor? I don't know, I feel all over the map these days so that probably just reflects my current state of mind.

OMG academic dressing. Rant follows. At my new job I am one half of a team that is meant to be equal, and the team is managed by someone interested in being collaborative and generally not hierarchical. But I am a good 14? 15? years younger than the other half of the team, 25+ years younger than our manager/supervisor, and the only one who is still without a doctorate. Also, while I now have a tiny bit of visible grey, the other two are clearly adults, and I definitely still get mistaken for a student. So the way I manage my wardrobe each day is intense. Today was fancy-ish with quality accessories in a signature power color because of a tres important strategic meeting with higher-higher-higher-ups, but two days ago I was bouncing around a day of peer meetings and research in a tunic with birds all over it and a pair of leggings. I've decided to A) wear what makes me feel confident about that day's tasks B) make sure I'm really clear on the day's calendar before I make my choices. It also depends on what buildings I'll be in that day--our divisional home in the org chart has a lax dress code, but the physical location of our team office trends formal--and who else will be in any meetings I'm in. (Incidentally, I'm still waiting for the day when I don't have at least one meeting. Today I had 3 meetings and a lunch, which is more typical than not.) C) make sure it doesn't all look too "East Coast," so as not to arouse too much suspicion about my motives. (Seriously. That is a thing. If I'm not going to wear visibly natural fibers that day, I better have a darn good reason why. And I have to get a coat that is less New York and more Oregon, on my next check. I am getting comments about the coat, and it turns out not to be all that water-resistant, anyway--as I learned the hard way earlier this week.)