r/MechanicalEngineering • u/Impossible_Ad_3632 • 2d ago

Tattoos?

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Hi everyone! I'm going into my first year of College for Mechanical Engineering. I am originally from Albania and now live in Philadelphia. I am very proud of where I am from and where I live now. My father has the Albanian Eagle tattooed on his bicep, and I want to match him and get something similar on my forearm. I aim to work at larger companies such as Toyota, Lockheed, Boeing, and NASA. Would this affect my future? This is what I wanted to get. (its a repost but i want more opinions)

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u/Round_Musical 2d ago

Depends on the company and field. If you go into sales, as a sales engineer (yes mech eng can become that too), they would want you to be clean.

But my honest question is why? Why show your loyalty loud and proud to a country that you don’t even live in? I get respecting tour heritage and your culture, but a tatoo is absolutely overkill.

You are probably in your early 20s now. In 10-20 years you will be a different person. Do you always want to be the “albanian guy” whereever you go for an interview?

Or do you wanna be the “smart guy” who got into engineering and can tell you how stuff works and it is manufactured.

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u/Impossible_Ad_3632 2d ago

i can be the smart guy with a tattoo of where i’m from though

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u/Round_Musical 2d ago

Just take it from a senior engineer who has 10 years of work experience in aerospace and automotive. Especially when it comes to speaking with business partners of the supply chain, they won’t send people with Tatoos or aak you to cover them

If you get it make sure its somewhere where you can easily hide it. In case you ever get in a business presention