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Comment by jackmaney | Hacker News Reader

> Also had people show up in a suit that is 10 years out of style or with hideous tie,etc.

And a sense of fashion is relevant to the job...how, exactly?

Actually, I don't care...but for me what it speaks to is self-awareness. Many developers get caught up in their own little world. If they can't be bothered to think about how others perceive them it also points to all kinds of other things they neglect to consider.

This is RTFM for life type stuff. Seriously its two seconds to google for "rules of the interview" or some other such thing. Do you know any Good devs who wouldn't reference the docs for an api they are working on? Same type of thing, read the docs goes along way with a lot of things.

Its not a deal breaker, but when you have limited time in which to evaluate someone you learn to have lots of little things add up to a picture of someone. That's what I mean by that.

It's likely that at some point in your career you will have to interact with clients or present in front of an outside audience. What you wear and how you present yourself reflects on your company.

So, let me make sure I'm understanding what you're saying, here. You would reject a candidate for a software developer position (or any other mostly "back end" role) because that person may or may not some day end up making a presentation to people outside of the company?

Are you sure you don't want to take a bit of time and rethink that?

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