Yeah... I’m going to go ahead and disagree. Given that my wife is a doctor, many of my clients are doctors, and I associate with a whole hell of a lot of doctors, if they’re not surgeons (who are in or going into surgery) or ER, they are in suits and ties.

Usually the term “professional” is reserved for regulated fields requiring licensing, like accounting, law, medicine, teaching, etc.

and doctors, accountants, finance people, basically, if you’re spending a shitload of money on the professional service, they’re wearing suits and ties.

Here’s what you’ve missed, heals, pantyhose, shaved legs, hair, makeup, etc. not actually required, ever. My wife is an attending physician. She’s never worn makeup or heels or spent more than a minute tying up her hair. She’s not an ER doc, she’s a neurologist, where the men are expected to wear suit and ties.

Or... and hear me out, you’re required to wear it because that’s the dress code.

It’s not. Pretty much every “professional” industry requires suit and tie outside of the west coast.

I think you might have a very different definition of “professional” than most.

So... getting around an employee protection law, like overtime, healthcare benefits, sick leave, paid time off, etc. are bad and corrupt laws?

I’m a conservative. I voted Trump. I’m sure as Hell not rich or even well off. I’m well educated.

That’s the key. Many times, when a company says the have “disruptive” technology, what they really mean is that they figured out how to get around a law.

Your point is entirely moot based on the fact that if you’re not traveling in a place that has it’s own wifi router with password (i.e., not a gateway), you can’t use Chromecast.

To be fair, this is preying on people who can’t do math (who may also be lower income, but it’s not for lower income).

So... pay for the same stuff but don’t earn cash back when you do it? Is this like the opposite of sound financial advice?

and “paradigm shifting.”

The problem is, of course, that such financial assaults are things that can be sued against, taken to private arbitration, or just generally locked up in court.

You’re thinking in the mindset of someone several hundred years ago.

One could make the argument that for every Bill Gates, there’s millions of others who fail, many of which are not due to their own actions, but by mere happenstance.

No, you are completely incorrect.

You need to know both. Just because you understand math doesn’t mean you understand how compound interest rates work in a loan document or something like that. Conversely, if you don’t know math, you may understand the concept of compound interest, but you won’t be able to verify it.

To your point about being an adult, part of being an adult is dealing with the consequences of your actions. If you stage a walkout regarding a policy you have a moral/ethical issue with, yet the actual policy is completely legal, then you kind of lose the right to complain about what happens to you vis a vis your job.