The wrong shade of white

Some Indian software companies have strange dress codes. You have to "well dressed", with the tie around the neck and the shoes on the feet. The shirts have to be of particular shades. I consider infosys to be one of the biggest culprits in the regard of enforcing dress codes.

I feel it as ironic , for anybody who is a programmer , whose normal cultural stereotype would not have anything to do with being well dressed , to be forced to work wearing this sort of crap.
Besides , it is outrageous to fine somebody for not wearing the tie. These companies are getting their priorities wrong.There should be no compulsion on the people to adhere to any sort of dress code. Because being well dressed does not have anything to do with programming.

I am reminded of an incident, Andrew Tanenbaum mentioned somewhere in his writings , about the experiences he had of working for a big company. He decided to leave them when he was subject to lengthy lectures on maintaining the decorum , after he wore a shirt of the wrong shade of white to the office.

I am writing this , because a long time ago , I did not not join infosys because of the darn dress code.Hey , HR , over there at infosys, you could loose people because of the darn stupid dress code, if you are still enforcing it.