> a typical startup has a dress code that's just as strict as a suit and tie ever was - except that now it's unspoken Kind of like the idea of "leaderless" or

> a typical startup has a dress code that's just as strict as a suit and tie ever was - except that now it's unspoken Kind of like the idea of "leaderless" or "structureless" groups, in which the leadership hierarchy practically always ends up being obscured but no less real. Here's a really good old essay about this phenomenon in early feminism. https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm IMX the "Silicon Valley uniform" doesn't really have anything to do with being more casual or relaxed. It's just another kind of conformity, comforting for those who do like to conform and stressful for those who don't or can't.