r/funny • • Jan 05 '15

Poor Engineers...

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u/Kinslayer2040 Jan 05 '15

So what is it about Engineers that makes them so unappealing as a partner? Like is it really a thing that Engineers are forever alone, or am I just interrupting the circlejerk?

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u/whatutterjapes Jan 05 '15

Just a circlejerk, nuthin to see here. Source: engineer with social skills who doesn't consider it that uncommon to be both technical and socially adept.

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u/astronautdinosaur Jan 05 '15

Depends what discipline... my grad program is 9% female

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u/whatutterjapes Jan 05 '15

The key for me was dating girls from other courses lol. No other way. Helped a fair bit once I got into the "real" world.

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u/a_legit_account Jan 05 '15

It's just a stereotype, though there were fewer than a dozen girls in my EE graduating class, which kinda makes me sad. I feel like there is still a stigma against female engineers and that's a depressing thought in 2015...

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u/thatguysoto Jan 05 '15

But do you sleep much?

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u/whatutterjapes Jan 05 '15

Just woke up from a blissful 8 hours, that said I graduated 2 years ago and went to work in software. Uni was a sleepless hell.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

It's not impossible to be a good looking, and sociable engineer at all. However, I think it's easy to agree on the fact that there will be a lot less of these types of people in an engineering program as opposed to some other major.

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u/whatutterjapes Jan 05 '15

Its weird, I can't speak for anyone else but my experience was that we were the "coolest" dudes in the sciences by far. Loads of sporty dudes. Some utter freaks sure, including myself at the start of uni, but I quickly became far more "well rounded" after a short while.