The tie says ‘I am dressed smartly’,
The tie says ‘I conform.’
My day to day work wear is a polo shirt, which is standard fare for our engineers. In meetings where I’m acting as more than an engineer, say I’m there in a consultancy capacity, I’ll get suited and booted. That’s pretty rare though.
I maintain that ties are a health hazard for techies. Far too easy to kneel on and garotte yourself when scrabbling around with cables under desks.
I’m currently in my dressing gown. I should go sort that out really.