I think that lack of flexibility in tools is a lot more important than dress codes, although I'll be honest: I'd like to wear a suit & tie every day, and I real

I think that lack of flexibility in tools is a lot more important than dress codes, although I'll be honest: I'd like to wear a suit & tie every day, and I really dislike seeing dirty feet in my office. Not being able to run Linux, not being able to run emacs or vim, not being able to use decent programming languages — those are all very good reasons I'm not interested in working for a bank or most enterprises. I don't really care that much about the presence of dress codes. Are other folks really that different? Would you really choose not to work someplace that required slacks & button-down shirts?