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The last time I wore a suit was for an interview around June 2005. I got the gig and the chap who'd interviewed me mentioned, in the lift as he was taking me back to Reception, that I "needn't bother with all that" (gesturing vaguely at my tie) whilst working there.
I later overheard a woman whose multifarious responsibilities included calling people in for interview saying over the phone "Oh, wear what you like - there's no dress code, this is a media company"
When I was invited to work at That Big Web Company! I still had to go through the formal interview process, so I asked if I ought to wear a suit. I was told "Don't bother; none of us will be, and you might feel a bit out of place."
When I then interviewed for a gig in the London office of the aforementioned "media company" I did so during my lunch break, so obviously I wore what I'd worn to the office that day: t-shirt and jeans. (I think it might have been my Google Developer Day t-shirt.)
I'm not actually sure where my (two) suits are at the moment - I suspect they're bundled up in a box under the bed
The only 2 professions that seem obsessed with suits are salespeople and funeral directors.
Neither of which are welcome at the best of times...
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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