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Re: Which jobs most often pair together among married couples

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Post by gambiting »

ozarker wrote: post #209
comeonseriously wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My SO and I are both software engineers, so blame me for taking one of the lady devs off the market.

My wife and I are too. Though we had our first child last week. She said earlier in the pregnancy that she would like to keep in the workforce. But as each day passes with the baby it feels more likely she'll decide to be a full-time mom. Either decision is fine in my book :)

Congrats :-) me and my wife are both software developers too, and well, our 6 month old is sitting right next to me now :-) but I think she will want to go back to work - well, there's another 6 months of maternity leave ahead so plenty of time to decide.

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Post by aitchnyu »

valbaca wrote: post #59

Honestly, kind of boring results. - Volume wins out: there are lots of teachers and nurses - Like-marries-like: most marry someone in their own profession Not that boring is bad. Just interesting that the trends overshadow any kind of special results.

Yeah, this vis needs to filter out teachers and nurses since they are top results for anybody, and/or professions need to be color coded by category so I can glance at a list of 15 items and see that ${medicalprofessional} surprisingly marries educators.

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Post by qaq »

qaq wrote: post #303

In Ukraine there are for some reason way more females on QA and Front End side of things and also in recruiting. So totally anecdotal but know a good number of couples BE+FE :) Having after tax family income at 8K+ USD in a country with median family income under 500 makes for a very comfortable lifestyle.

(monthly)

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Post by sweaty »

My girlfriend is a neurologist and I'm a software engineer. While both of our professions tend to marry within their communities, we got together because of a shared interest in brains. My day job involves artificial neural networks, so there's a lot of matches there.

One thing that is particularly nice is that I can discuss my work with her and vice versa, so she's actually been really helpful with answering some tough questions, it makes for an interesting dynamic.

Oh, and she earns twice what I do, it's crazy how much money neurologists make.

Re: Which jobs most often pair together among married couples

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Post by Litmus2336 »

valbaca wrote: post #59

Honestly, kind of boring results. - Volume wins out: there are lots of teachers and nurses - Like-marries-like: most marry someone in their own profession Not that boring is bad. Just interesting that the trends overshadow any kind of special results.

I'm also curious what percentage of people married to people in their career field is due to meeting on the job. Are you more likely to marry someone in your profession? Or is "working together" just a very common way to meet your spouse?

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Post by hycaria »

ozarker wrote: post #209
comeonseriously wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My SO and I are both software engineers, so blame me for taking one of the lady devs off the market.

My wife and I are too. Though we had our first child last week. She said earlier in the pregnancy that she would like to keep in the workforce. But as each day passes with the baby it feels more likely she'll decide to be a full-time mom. Either decision is fine in my book :)

This is so sad. Does she not enjoy cs enough to be glad to work? This is one of the rare jobs with a good hourly ratio, endless flexibility with remote work or contracting. Literally the best position to be in to make life balanced between work and family. I am a female developer and will never be only a mom.
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