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Computer Geeks As Loners? Data Says Otherwise
Computerworld reports on an analysis of census data to compare marriage rates for different professions. They found the rate for tech workers to be similar to that of other white-collar professions, and significantly higher than the rate for the general population. 62.1% of people with IT jobs are married, as are 56.5% of scientists and 65.5% of engineers. This compares well to people in legal professions (62.0%), medical jobs (61.3%), and finance (62.4%). 51% of the adult U.S. population was married as of the 2010 census. Tech workers do have a slightly higher percentage of people who have never married — 26.7% of IT workers and 31.9% of scientists — but they also have slightly fewer divorces.
I guess... if marriage is 'winning'.
We are normal human beings like the rest of the world.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I'm an engineer - And I'm married for the second time! Do I count double?
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
No. 2 demerits for not learning from your first mistake.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Bah, like all engineers, he was going for empirical evidence instead of a theoretical model. ;-)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
So, do whatever everybody else does ... rent porn, order pizza and drink scotch.
Or, is that just me?
I hope my wife is OK with that, because it's probably too late to go looking for flowers. ;-)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Well, having worked with a lot of theorists, the theoretical model is, while nice and mathematically correct, generally shit in the real world. Have a look at how many people do step tests on PID loops. Oh... I think I just realised why I am single... Shit...
I have determined that my sig is indeterminate.