> When I worked at MIT, I was shocked that MIT graduates, who due to their ability and skill could have almost dictated employment terms, instead felt compelled

> When I worked at MIT, I was shocked that MIT graduates, who due to their ability and skill could have almost dictated employment terms, instead felt compelled to wear ties to job interviews, even with companies that (they knew) had the sense not to ask them to wear ties on the job. Is this still a thing? I've went to dozens of job interviews these last few years, including for Google and for banks and other serious institutions, and I never wore a tie at any of them, nor was it ever suggested that I should (not even by people who had a financial incentive to get me the job) nor did the interviewer ever wear one.