Computer Geeks As Loners? Data Says Otherwise

[DEAD7]

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.

 

[Just like bruddas]

think its meant to refer to people like us that don't benefit from using the pc financially and just bullshyt with it all day.

 

[Liquid]

Just a stereotype given to us by the ignorant.

All of us on here are not really "loners" either...we chat hours at a time. We just have a middleman to connect us. We all work, most of us have a gf/bf and some of us have kids.

 

[Deluuxe]

Ya cuz they have good jobs and all the chicks that got ran threw cling to them for marriage and security

 

[Hans Wurst]

there are people who work at it jobs and there are anime jerkers

 

[DEAD7]

there are people who work at it jobs and there are anime jerkers

 

[Blackking]

 

[Type Username Here]

As someone who is involved in the computer/tech industry, I find the stereotyping to be a relic of the old age. IT/Programming is in among the youth since most of us have really grown up with an emerging PC/Internet revolution. Computers are a part of most people's daily life, socially and/or work-related.

It's only going to get more integrated too. Kids will be learning to program in elementary and middle school in the next 10 years (IMO).

 

[Liquid]

As someone who is involved in the computer/tech industry, I find the stereotyping to be a relic of the old age. IT/Programming is in among the youth since most of us have really grown up with an emerging PC/Internet revolution. Computers are a part of most people's daily life, socially and/or work-related.

It's only going to get more integrated too. Kids will be learning to program in elementary and middle school in the next 10 years (IMO).

They will HAVE to learn it

 

[godkiller]

Coli IT certs getting mad in this thread. They feel as though this study vindicates their lives .