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I must admit that I really don't care in slightest how colleagues dress - looking around I can see people who are very smart (because they like to - not because it is required) and others that are very casual.

I really don't care.

Edit: I'm sitting in a very nice office!

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Being dressed appropriately and neatly (not necessarily fashionably or expensively) is a sign of paying attention to details, good judgement and taste.

All of which you need as a software developer.

Do you need to have those an attention to detail, good judgment and taste, or do you need to merely display signs of having them to others?

And is there any evidence that having "attention to detail, good judgment and taste" for personal appearance carries across to having those for software development.

I've never seen any correlation.

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