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Body Modifications Still Hinder IT Professionals?
thedeletekey writes "The Detroit News recently ran an article about body modifications in the workplace. This got me thinking; do body modifications such as tattoos and piercings still hinder IT professionals in the workplace? Or is this a thing of the past, as these types of personal changes have become more common in recent years. In my experience, I've found both stringent dress codes requiring business casual attire, and no visible body modifications, to no dress code at all. What has the rest of the IT world found to be common?"
If you were getting drunk in college, then you're not a true geek. Go find some other profession, we don't want you!
That's why I'm trying to immerse myself as little as possible for the shortest amount of time I can, and then leave it forever.
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
The old genteel WASP establishment in America is dead. Now the zio-jews have the gold and the Christian Zionists (not really Protestants) are their useful idiots.
Nosce Te Ipsum
People keep saying "It's good that people look different, blahblahblah".
Well, smearing shit all over your face would certainly make you different, but it's still stupid.
Same goes for tattoos, etc. You're not 20 anymore. Grow the FUCK up.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Most of the employees at the best pizza place in this county (actually rated best by the newspapers, not just IMO) have tattoos, piercings, and non-standard haircuts, and they do their jobs well.
Congratulations on winning today's award for best unconscious self-parody.
Yes, there are lots of great food service workers with tats and piercings. The same is true of record store employees, retail cashiers, and janitorial night staff. And yes, those are often quite congenial work environments. Some of the most enjoyable places I ever worked were retail stores because my coworkers were a lot of fun.
You are going to be hard-pressed to stay very far above the poverty line with jobs like that, however. Personally, I'd have been happy to stay there -- my hobbies are pretty inexpensive -- but I ended up with a family, and was forced to turn my free-time programming habit into a full time job.
I make pretty good money now. Is it worth it to me? Yes, at least until my daughter is safely off to college. Then I'll probably go back to a much lower budget form of existence.
The point is, the people who write the checks get to make the rules. The reason so many posters have pointed out that this is a maturity issue is that it takes maturity to recognize that and to see that, right or wrong, your personal choices have consequences. Those may be utter bullshit consequences cooked up by some uptight asshole who thinks not wearing a tie is a cardinal sin, but if you want his money, you have to keep him happy. Going somewhere else is not always an option -- there are an awful lot of people out there who can swallow their pride and wear the tie, after all.
Proud member of the Weirdo-American community.
Go read your bible, buddy. Most Christians don't bother with the fiddly bits (this specific fiddly bit is in Leviticus), but some of the fundamentalists do. Fundamentalist/conservative Jews also don't allow body modification. Not sure about Islam.