Forget the stereotype of a pocket protector stuffed with pens. The modern software engineer's pockets tell a stranger, more caffeinated story. After an extremely unscientific survey of my own jeans,

Forget the stereotype of a pocket protector stuffed with pens. The modern software engineer's pockets tell a stranger, more caffeinated story. After an extremely unscientific survey of my own jeans, here's what I found. The Essentials Every engineer is carrying some version of this loadout, whether they admit it or