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> it appears as though software analysts don't like intermarrying What happened to 'software analysts'? Is that even a career today? Sounds like something stra

> it appears as though software analysts don't like intermarrying What happened to 'software analysts'? Is that even a career today? Sounds like something straight out of the 80s. Is it a 'product owner'? But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university.

kens 5y ago
On the topic of analysts, I've been wondering for a long time about "systems analyst" which used to be the cool job in computing in the 1980s but then essentially vanished. I was never quite sure what systems analysts did. Getting back to the data visualization, a lot of it seems to be that male-dominated jobs pair with female-dominated jobs, which isn't particularly surprising.
- kube-system 5y ago
  Many of those “analyst” positions are now just labeled “architect” or “solutions engineer” instead.
smnrchrds 5y ago
You have to be a 'Computer Systems Analyst' to be eligible for TN status.
- noodlesUK 5y ago
  Canada is often happy if you are an “engineer” which they are often very liberal about interpreting…
ZephyrBlu 5y ago
> But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university This is very exaggerated. It seems like people who find their partner in university are in the minority these days.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  Is that the case? I guess my university experience is 10 years out of date but that's how it was back then.
  - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    School demographics matter a lot. The Harvard crowd isn't finding their future wife at school.
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      Huh that surprises me. I would have thought that's exactly the kind of middle-class crowd that'd want to marry-in?
      - mrkstu 5y ago
        Once you’re in that crowd you continue to run with that crowd- there is no hurry to get hitched at that age, the opportunities to find a match after you’re established professionally will still be there.
    - elzbardico 5y ago
      Harvard graduates are going to have multiple partners before settling up and marrying by their mid-thirties
asdff 5y ago
According to FB only 28% of married couples meet in college.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  So that's still probably a vast majority of people with the predicate of people who went a university at all?
seneca 5y ago
> But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university. I believe in the last census it was found that something like 48% of American adults had an associates degree or higher educational attainment. It seems that that fact, on its face, makes your assertion nearly impossible.
Macha 5y ago
From my viewpoint, the role got split. The technical responsibilities got pushed to an engineer's job with the architect role, the business responsibilities got pushed to the product manager role.

kens 5y ago

On the topic of analysts, I've been wondering for a long time about "systems analyst" which used to be the cool job in computing in the 1980s but then essentially vanished. I was never quite sure what systems analysts did. Getting back to the data visualization, a lot of it seems to be that male-dominated jobs pair with female-dominated jobs, which isn't particularly surprising.

kube-system 5y ago
Many of those “analyst” positions are now just labeled “architect” or “solutions engineer” instead.

smnrchrds 5y ago

You have to be a 'Computer Systems Analyst' to be eligible for TN status.

noodlesUK 5y ago
Canada is often happy if you are an “engineer” which they are often very liberal about interpreting…

ZephyrBlu 5y ago

> But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university This is very exaggerated. It seems like people who find their partner in university are in the minority these days.

chrisseaton 5y ago
Is that the case? I guess my university experience is 10 years out of date but that's how it was back then.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  School demographics matter a lot. The Harvard crowd isn't finding their future wife at school.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Huh that surprises me. I would have thought that's exactly the kind of middle-class crowd that'd want to marry-in?
    - mrkstu 5y ago
      Once you’re in that crowd you continue to run with that crowd- there is no hurry to get hitched at that age, the opportunities to find a match after you’re established professionally will still be there.
  - elzbardico 5y ago
    Harvard graduates are going to have multiple partners before settling up and marrying by their mid-thirties

asdff 5y ago

According to FB only 28% of married couples meet in college.

chrisseaton 5y ago
So that's still probably a vast majority of people with the predicate of people who went a university at all?

seneca 5y ago

> But the real explanation is that realistically 90% of people meet their spouses in university. I believe in the last census it was found that something like 48% of American adults had an associates degree or higher educational attainment. It seems that that fact, on its face, makes your assertion nearly impossible.

Macha 5y ago

From my viewpoint, the role got split. The technical responsibilities got pushed to an engineer's job with the architect role, the business responsibilities got pushed to the product manager role.