Tattoo on wrist - turnoff?

Get a tattoo on ur back. That asserts your dominance

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I think you are safe in prop trading.

For starters, I don't think a small wrist tattoo is a huge deal in the first place, especially a feminine one on a woman.

In general though, if you're in a pure performance based field like Prop Trading and you have the performance to back it up, getting a tattoo is cool as fuck and actually kind of hot.

Because your job is performance-based, getting something that is conventionally "inadvisable career advice" is a great way to signal publicly that you are more valuable to the firm than stupid convention. It also doesn't work in domains where you specifically have to serve a master, like Banking or Consulting, and so little signifiers like that are an excellent way to signal "fuck off, I'm free" - at least in some small capacity, relative to the others.

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Super relevant/related discourse: See Taleb's thoughts on cursing:

Risk takers can be socially unpredictable people. Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it led to it or came from it. You take risks, you feel part of history. And risk takers take risks because it is in their nature to be wild animals.

Note the linguistic dimension –and why, in addition to sartorial considerations, traders needed to be put away from the rest of nonfree, nonrisktaking people. My days, nobody cursed in public except for gang members and those who wanted to signal that they were not slaves: traders cursed like sailors and I have kept the habit of strategic foul language, used only outside of my writings and family life. Those who use foul language on social networks (such as Twitter) are sending an expensive signal that they are free –and, ironically, competent. You don’t signal competence if you don’t take risks for it –there are few such low risk strategies. So cursing today is a status symbol, just as oligarchs in Moscow wear blue jeans at special events to signal their power. Even in banks, traders were shown to customers on tours of the firm as you would with animals in a zoo and the site of a trader cursing on a phone while in a shouting match with a broker is something that was part of the scenery.

So while cursing and bad language can be a sign of dog-like status and total ignorance –the “canaille” which etymologically relates these people to dogs; ironically the highest status, that of free-man, is usually indicated by voluntarily adopting the mores of the lowest class. Consider that the English “manners” isn’t something that applies to the aristocracy; it is a middle class thing and the entire manners of the English are meant for the domestication of those who need to be domesticated.

Wow, if this is the "intern in PropTrad" that posts/comments everywhere, then I am certainly surprised you are a female.

look at all these anons. this place is like chump reddit now

That's an unoriginal and basic tattoo. That signals to me that:

1) you're a robinhood trading millenial 2) you'll be a mediocre trader at best

"I want to get a tattoo on my wrist. A small pink blue butterfly, about 2cm x 2cm, to signify my metamorphosis. Yes I am retarded like that in that I need things to symbolise changes."

If you get THIS tattoo, then yes, I will think you're a leftist lesbian or some basic Becky who got an unthought out tattoo. You really need a pink blue butterfly to signify change? Do you live in CHAZ by chance? I think you could find a better tattoo to represent change other than a fucking butterfly on your wrist.

op what if youre still actually a caterpillar and what if actually the journey never ends what if this is the case pls draft up some symbolism i suggest an infinity symbol incorporated into the word "Love" as a push-off point

If your have to get validation from others before getting a tattoo you aren’t ready to get a tattoo

If you want to get a tattoo and that's a turnoff for some guys, then are those the guys that would would actually want to date? Honestly, live your life however you want and guys will be attracted to that. I've dated girls with tattoos and without tattoos; it was never a factor in the decision.

As far as work goes, you kind of have to read the room on the culture of the firm. I work at a firm that likely wouldn't care but it depends on the place.

Bill Murray once said "Whenever people ask me why I don't have any tattoos I say to them, "Would you put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari?" "

What is causing this almost lemming-like trend of women getting tattoos these days? Almost every girl I have met in the last five years has at least one tattoo, and it's usually a: butterfly, flowers, birds or an anchor. Most of them at least have them in places that they can easily hide/cover. Most guys won't say this publicly, but think girls with tattoos are "fun for now" but not the kind of girl you bring home to mom.

Just be smart and think about how you will come across in a job interview. Tattoos are like a permanent haircut, you don't really know how it will look until it's actually completed. At the end of the day it's your body and you should do whatever you want.

Tattoos in my mind = slutiness. So I would fool around with you, but something serious would be low probability. Other would likely agree. Nothing against you personally, of course. But generally speaking, highly educated and classy women do not get tattoos, and neither do men, so no double standard.

My MD once said regarding tattoos, “would you put bumper stickers on a Bentley”?

Wrist isn’t a big deal. Butterfly is pretty basic but whatev, if it means something to you and it’s just your wrist do what makes you happy, guys aren’t going to care.

Tramp stamps and skank flanks signal a lot more. Also, finger and neck tattoos are popular among the girls I ‘dated’ but wouldn’t bring home to mom.

Never saw a hot girl and thought, she would be hotter if she had a tattoo.

Have seen a girl with a tattoo and thought she would be hotter without.

Have dated girls with small tattoos in different places, some you can easily see, didn't bother me.

I’d replace the butterfly with “Live, Laugh, Love”.

EDIT: I still think you should do whatever you want irresepective of how others will think of it. But as the person posting below, asking if guys will find it attractive or not - I have never found them attractive per se, but also not particularly un-attractive either. It's like 60-40 in the negative

2) Irrespective of what anyone else thinks though, of that tattoo or any other modification, please be mindful that a tattoo is permanent, and what might seem like it expresses you now, may not be a suitable expression of yourself in a few years' / decades' time. I regret getting that Nickleback tattoo on my face, I really do.

lol wtf. just go get that tattoo if you want it. it’s not a big fucking deal.

when I was in banking a chick had a wrist tattoo with Roman numerals and no one said shit and was top bucket.

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ok so I said pre-NYC I would never date a girl with a tattoo and that quickly changed in the city. Then that changed to no visible tattoos and that quickly changed again (wrist, heel, small on the finger). They’re not a turn-on for me but if kept small / black ink / sparse even visible they’ve become more of like an opt-in birthmark in my eyes. I would personally never get one, but I’m not like repulsed.

some have mentioned the banking / consulting vs prop culture and I think that’s probably right. In the former I only knew people with either the small black ones (and I mean small and thin not like a thick cross on the forearm) or ones in color that were highly invisible (I knew someone with a full back one, and a fucking baller vet VP at an EB who had a full sleeve that ended at exactly the point where he’d roll up his dress shirt; only realized he had it on the weekends in casual wear). Prop may let you “get away” with color, but if you want to start black / an outline that may be the play if you want to dip your toe in the water.

Also, echoing what everyone else said about performance, especially given the sexism around women showing their emotions in finance. Unfortunately if you god forbid show anger or sadness ever, shitty men may try to peg you as “crazy” anyway and use the ink as part of the narrative. It’s just wrong but that’s a whole nother discussion.

I love tattoos, ink on chicks can be VERY hot, but if you get a tattoo on your wrist, neck, face, ankle, or foot, I assume you have poor judgment because even in the most dressed up situation (pant suit with long sleeve oxford) all of those tats could potentially show.

consider your shoulderblade, upper spine (where your cervical ends and thoracic begins), or any location which can be easily covered up. I'm not saying you should be ashamed of your tats, what I am saying is you should realize that some people look at tats negatively, and while I don't think they should, that's the world we live in. you can choose where it goes, so choose wisely.

I'm 22yo and wouldn't like it. I don't hate tattoos on a girl but stuff like unicorns, butterflies, little hearts appear to me as a bit childish especially when they are visible (neck, shoulder, wrist etc...). Moreover I'm sure it won't look good at all to have a butterfly tattoo on your wrist when you turn 45yo.

most girls at my university seem to have a tattoo, and I personally find them very attractive. I'm planning on getting some ink work done somewhere I can easily cover it up (I also live in a more liberal part of Canada so that might make a difference)

Why the wrist? Is it so that it’s an easy visible reminder for yourself? If I were to get some symbolic ink, I’d probably put it in a less visible place just so I don’t have to worry about needing to cover it up for when the occasion calls for it.

I personally really like tattoo art (just not on me cause I can’t think of something symbolic or meaningful I want inked permanently, and I’d probably get sick of it in a year or two).

If you decide to get ink, make sure you splurge for a good artist.

Do not know a single person who does not regret having a tattoo once they hit 30. if I had to get one I would get one that you can cover in shorts and a tee shirt

if it means something to you and will make you smile looking at it and not make you feel regretful then do it.

Get a tramp stamp and make sure you show it during your interview to assert dominance