Body Adornments and a Career?

termilitor asks: "I was thinking about decorating myself with a tatoo. The only argument that holds me back is whether this will affect my career of a mathematician / computer programmer negatively. I would like to ask readers of the Slashdot if they have such experiences, including other types of self decoration, like body piercings and dyeing hair." It's always important to look professional when in the work-environment. The big question, of course, is how many of you believe such things are mutually-exclusive. Wearing a tattoo is a non-issue with the right clothes, but what about piercings and hair coloring? Can a happy medium exist between self-expression and the professional environment?

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programmer's tatoo

[1nv4d3r]

I'd get a tatoo of some BSD code, then tell SCO it's some of theirs! They'd probably believe me! A cool employer would understand my deep-seated need to do this.

(of course there's always the danger that Senator Orrin Hatch would find out and attempt to blow up my body, but I'm starting to think that danger was always there)

Re:A happy medium

[biglig2]

It's like that great old story about the time Apple and IBM had a meeting, and the Apple guys turned up in suits, and the IBM guys in jeans and t-shirts, each trying to conform to the other.

Is your tattoo going to be easy to conceal? I mean, a swastika on the forehead, almost certainly a bad idea.