Nowhere in the article did it suggest wearing a suit at an interview at a software company in California. That would go much too far. And it would appear that

Nowhere in the article did it suggest wearing a suit at an interview at a software company in California. That would go much too far. And it would appear that suits make you overdressed in the software business even here in relatively staid Boston. However, when you're going to meet with Japanese bureaucrats, or perhaps even American investment bankers, the suit might be a good idea.