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Do you have a citation for this? Purely to sate curiosity.

madengr 9y ago
Nope, just what my mother told me years ago, though a quick google search shows it's pretty high. I'd say it's the highest since "general incompatibility" can mean many things. I can say that in my 20+ years in engineering, none of my colleagues are divorced. All the typical infidelity gossip is from the other side of the business; purchasing, program management, etc.
- seangrogg 9y ago
  Interesting. Insofar as "infidelity gossip" is concerned, do you believe/perceive that the reason it comes "from the other side of the business" is because of some combination of traits that makes it more likely in those areas (or, inversely, that engineers lack some combination of traits that leads to a reduction in infidelity gossip)?
  - madengr 9y ago
    The infidelity or just the gossip about it? I can't say for sure, but I think the workload required (in school) for an "engineering major" vs. "business major" has something to do with it. If college shapes you, that's definitely the mold. The party'er types are weeded out. Could also be long term decision making vs short term, impulsive vs delayed gratification. Engineering is mostly long term thinking about what can go wrong.
- vxNsr 9y ago
  It was reported that in the lead up to the first iPhone release the divorce rate among those involved was fairly high. And I'm guessing game engineers probably don't do so well either.
  - watwut 9y ago
    Game industry has huge turnaround 5 years max - people tend to try it and the get out fast. Hopefully they dont divorce that fast. I would also guess most to be young and not married in the first place.
pmiller2 9y ago
Not precisely what you asked for, but financial disagreements strongly predict divorce: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00715.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012....
- seangrogg 9y ago
  Thank you!

Nope, just what my mother told me years ago, though a quick google search shows it's pretty high. I'd say it's the highest since "general incompatibility" can mean many things. I can say that in my 20+ years in engineering, none of my colleagues are divorced. All the typical infidelity gossip is from the other side of the business; purchasing, program management, etc.

seangrogg 9y ago
Interesting. Insofar as "infidelity gossip" is concerned, do you believe/perceive that the reason it comes "from the other side of the business" is because of some combination of traits that makes it more likely in those areas (or, inversely, that engineers lack some combination of traits that leads to a reduction in infidelity gossip)?
- madengr 9y ago
  The infidelity or just the gossip about it? I can't say for sure, but I think the workload required (in school) for an "engineering major" vs. "business major" has something to do with it. If college shapes you, that's definitely the mold. The party'er types are weeded out. Could also be long term decision making vs short term, impulsive vs delayed gratification. Engineering is mostly long term thinking about what can go wrong.
vxNsr 9y ago
It was reported that in the lead up to the first iPhone release the divorce rate among those involved was fairly high. And I'm guessing game engineers probably don't do so well either.
- watwut 9y ago
  Game industry has huge turnaround 5 years max - people tend to try it and the get out fast. Hopefully they dont divorce that fast. I would also guess most to be young and not married in the first place.

pmiller2 9y ago

Not precisely what you asked for, but financial disagreements strongly predict divorce: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00715.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012....

seangrogg 9y ago
Thank you!