Engineers are usually conservative because they mostly come from stable, conservative households. A lot of them became engineers because aside from their inter

Engineers are usually conservative because they mostly come from stable, conservative households. A lot of them became engineers because aside from their interest in how things work, it was a safe career choice that would allow them to perpetuate the lifestyles they had come to enjoy while living with their parents. The people in SV are largely more willing to challenge orthodoxy and take risks.