> It’s not that we’re so petty or strict about the dress code > that we are going to disqualify him for not following an > unwritten rule, but we know emp

> It’s not that we’re so petty or strict about the dress code > that we are going to disqualify him for not following an > unwritten rule, but we know empirically that people who come > in dressed in suits rarely work out well for our team. I suggest comparing this...umm... shallow attitude with this example from a very different end of the economic spectrum (which was a link I found here on HN late last year): http://tressiemc.com/2013/10/29/the-logic-of-stupid-poor-people/ Type of job and income level seem to independent of the problem of gatekeepers (petty exercising of local power, often over superficial traits such as the current popular trends in apparel).