Computing professionals trace their roots to primarily home computing enthusiasts, academics and video game nerds all of whom seem to prefer casual dress in their professional pursuits --

Look at the people working on UNIVAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_software#/media/Fil...

Do we all have so little in common with them we have to absolutely shun professional dress every day of the danged week?

Nowadays a bunch of half baked adolescents in hoodies would be moving fast and breaking tubes all over the linoleum, is it a wonder there's no diversity left when all one is allowed to wear is Jeans and printed T's in order to 'fit in'? T-shirts have no place in the professional world, they're the opposite of professional

The way I see it, there's a confirmation bias in place here which states 'software developers are a casual lot, to be become one I gotta be casual'

Of all people software developers should be aware of the central limit theorem as applies to these sorts of heuristics and end the games already, before we're walking around in togas and flip-flops looking look ancient romans at the agora

It's about dignity, respect and decorum straight up and you're talking to a person who grew up on gangster rap and Nintendo games

Here's Charles Babbage -- I've worn a bowtie to the office on many occasions, are you telling me you don't harken back to this old fucker even once in your career? Go ahead and downvote me