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in reply to Re^2: You've just spilled something on your tie at lunch... Do you:
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Does he have any proof that wearing a tie makes you a better programmer? For values of "better" that encompass "delivers code on time that does what the customer wants".

And so what if it's been in place since the 1950s? People did all kinds of crazy things back then which we now realise were kinda stupid.