Do engineers really make better spouses?
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Do engineers really make better spouses?
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Re: Do engineers really make better spouses?
#2There is age bias. Engineer often change profession once he gets older.
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#3We're like Forestt Gump - dull, but dependable :-)
Re: Do engineers really make better spouses?
#4If you look at the Myers-Briggs personality types listed at TypeLogic, you'll see for the INTJ type (most often associated with engineering types) as being said to often "Work at" a relationship.
This is, I know, a weak argument at best, but I would toss out as something to ponder that perhaps there's a higher incidence of analytic types to dissect and improve their relationship.
...or simply inclined to remain with the status quo. You decide.
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#5There is age bias. Engineer often change profession once he gets older.
Maybe they become bartenders, or pursue a dream of professional dancing...
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#6Divorce rates are also linked to income. Engineering is typically a more stable and better paying career than something like dance (given as the counterexample in the article). How much of the difference in divorce rates is attributable to that?
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#7"The article also purports that the higher level of communication inherent in engineering jobs may be vital. A healthy communication in a marriage is vital for its survival."
Yeah, us software engineers are renowned for our communication skills.
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#8There is age bias. Engineer often change profession once he gets older.
Is that broadly true, or are you thinking of software engineers?
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#9There is also the issue of accessibility to other partners, lots of divorce is the result of infidelity.
Engineering has primarily been a male dominated environment and you work alongside other men.
Dancers and Bar Tenders (as mentioned in the overview) not so much.
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#10There is age bias. Engineer often change profession once he gets older.
But even so, this amount of skew is way higher than could be explained by that alone.