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What is a reasonable hoop to jump through and what is unreasonable is very subjective. Consider...on the east coast, interview suits are the norm. Even for a

What is a reasonable hoop to jump through and what is unreasonable is very subjective. Consider...on the east coast, interview suits are the norm. Even for a coding job where you will never wear a suit, it is reasonable to wonder why a candidate refused to wear a suit for an interview. West coast, though, the reverse is true. I had quite the culture shock coming from a govt job on the east coast to a Seattle coding job. I have anxiety and would find routine polygraphs stressful...but I also hate annual performance reviews and enjoy my 1:1s with managers. I'm sure others might look at my life and wonder why I choose certain issues as important and others as trivial. So while I have the same reactions as you when PERSONALLY considering the named job, I'm less inclined to snap judge the author as "so willing to grab their ankles"

iooi 8y ago
In NYC it's absolutely not expected or normal to wear a suit for a software engineering interview.
- throwanem 8y ago
  Nor in Baltimore.
- acjohnson55 8y ago
  Yeah, in most places, it would mark you as earnest, at best, and naive, at worst.
exolymph 8y ago
> would find routine polygraphs stressful What I would find intolerable is the persistence of the practice despite polygraphs being bullshit. I can't work for higher-ups that I don't respect, because I'm constitutionally unable to conceal my contempt. And it would be impossible to respect higher-ups that required regular polygraphs.
kwhitefoot 8y ago
The last time I wore a suit I was sixteen. That was 1971. Had to wear a tie at Mullard in Southampton, left in 1983 and haven't worn a tie since. Had a number of jobs as an electronics designer and software developer since in the UK and Norway. I just turn up to interviews neatly and quietly dressed. As far as I can tell my attire was of no consequence.
artsyxxx 8y ago
https://books.google.ca/books?id=xZzJzihfCCQC https://books.google.ca/books?id=xZzJzihfCCQC < A machiavellian approach to men's fashion

iooi 8y ago

In NYC it's absolutely not expected or normal to wear a suit for a software engineering interview.

throwanem 8y ago
Nor in Baltimore.
acjohnson55 8y ago
Yeah, in most places, it would mark you as earnest, at best, and naive, at worst.

exolymph 8y ago

> would find routine polygraphs stressful What I would find intolerable is the persistence of the practice despite polygraphs being bullshit. I can't work for higher-ups that I don't respect, because I'm constitutionally unable to conceal my contempt. And it would be impossible to respect higher-ups that required regular polygraphs.

kwhitefoot 8y ago

The last time I wore a suit I was sixteen. That was 1971. Had to wear a tie at Mullard in Southampton, left in 1983 and haven't worn a tie since. Had a number of jobs as an electronics designer and software developer since in the UK and Norway. I just turn up to interviews neatly and quietly dressed. As far as I can tell my attire was of no consequence.

artsyxxx 8y ago

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xZzJzihfCCQC https://books.google.ca/books?id=xZzJzihfCCQC < A machiavellian approach to men's fashion