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Originally Posted by sakky But nobody seems to be interested in a 'nice Jewish engineer'. |
Ha. While that certainly has a comedic (albeit stereotypical) side to it, I'd argue that nobody seems terribly interested in a "nice engineer" of any ethnicity. I went to an engineering magnet high school, which basically meant that everyone there was interested in a profession (but not necessarily engineering). My friends who wanted to head on to medical school *loved* to make fun of my less prestigious choice, calling the engineer "the doctor's sidekick."
I've always been pretty smart and good at school- for years my parents used to say "she's going to be a doctor or a lawyer!" The word engineer was never uttered. Whether or not you're Jewish, there's some social status associated with dating a doctor or a lawyer. An engineer, not so much. (And of course, only if you're a female dating a male doctor. I'm a female engineer, no wonder I have so many relationship problems. =P)