[wang_li]

>where you can wear a hoodie instead of a tie.

A little off topic observation here, but people who can't handle adhering to a business professional dress code are exhibiting a low resilience personality. Not a good thing.

Not to mention the reality that a button down shirt, slacks and a tie, when properly fitted, are not constrictive at all.

[vesrah]

I suspect that business professional dress codes coincide with a number of other workplace downers that a lot of us don't like.

[softawre]

People who can't handle life at minimum wage aren't showing much resilience either, but why put yourself through that?

[x14]

Some people value self-expression and would rather be judged by the quality of their work than their appearance.

[krapp]

Hoodies have become as much a standard of conformity as suits. You're just conforming to an unspoken requirement to appear sufficiently non-conformist.

Show up in such an environment wearing a suit and see how much your self-expression is valued.

[taejo]

I've worked at one of the big Bay Area software companies with a guy who wore a suit every day. If I wore one at my current (non-US) company, people might ask me about it for a few days, but I'm pretty sure it'd become the new normal within a week.