"To reveal my tattoos on the job would spell doom for my professional career," she wrote. "I've worked too hard, particularly as a woman competing in a field in which the major players are still men, to allow that to happen."
It is the dichotomy of personal expression and professional advancement that stymies some white collar workers when it comes to displaying their tattoos. Joe Chernov, a 35-year-old who sports two full sleeves of tattoos, set aside his reser-vations and decided to let his tattoos help plot the direction of his career.
"They're a good filter," says Chernov, who works as public relations director for BzzAgent. "If people have a problem with my tattoos, then it's not really a place that I want to be working. Nothing against those companies, but they're not for me."
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