I loved that show! And MASH. We're about the same generation.
No I actually agree with you that the suit doesn't convey anything substantive, and if a programmer wore that today to an interview I'd find it suspicious because, at the very least, it means he/she is out of touch and maybe desperate. But that said, if the person has the technical skills to do the job, and is not a jerk, and is available and interested, that should count 99.9999% and whether they wears a suit or not shouldn't counteract those other factors.
If I was holding an interview for the role of bankster, that would be different.
Tangent Note: I can "play" the SWAT theme song in my mind, note for note. And MASH, Love Boat, Cheers, etc. I remember when TV show theme songs went into a dark ages roughly around the the 90's where they stopped having cool theme music anymore, especially long instrumental ones. There were a few cool exceptions, but for the most part the art seemed to be lost. I don't watch TV anymore, so perhaps it came back.
ps. I'm in Colorado too. We should hold a HN meetup sometime, I know of at least a few others in the Front Range area.
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I loved that show! And MASH. We're about the same generation.
No I actually agree with you that the suit doesn't convey anything substantive, and if a programmer wore that today to an interview I'd find it suspicious because, at the very least, it means he/she is out of touch and maybe desperate. But that said, if the person has the technical skills to do the job, and is not a jerk, and is available and interested, that should count 99.9999% and whether they wears a suit or not shouldn't counteract those other factors.
If I was holding an interview for the role of bankster, that would be different.
Tangent Note: I can "play" the SWAT theme song in my mind, note for note. And MASH, Love Boat, Cheers, etc. I remember when TV show theme songs went into a dark ages roughly around the the 90's where they stopped having cool theme music anymore, especially long instrumental ones. There were a few cool exceptions, but for the most part the art seemed to be lost. I don't watch TV anymore, so perhaps it came back.
ps. I'm in Colorado too. We should hold a HN meetup sometime, I know of at least a few others in the Front Range area.