1) Because programming in a suit is uncomfortable. 2) Because companies that have dress codes tend to produce bad software. This correlation turned into "I am

1) Because programming in a suit is uncomfortable. 2) Because companies that have dress codes tend to produce bad software. This correlation turned into "I am not dressed well, therefore I write good software." Sayth PG: "Dressing up is not so much bad in itself. The problem is the receptor it binds to: dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits."" From http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html