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Are jobs in IT bad for marriage?

Some graduate student asked divorced Slashdot readers if a job in the IT industry contributed to their divorce. rolls eyes I need to get started on my thesis about how forks cause obesity.

Comments

  1. Michael on 2006-10-15 06:59:43 wrote: I’ll be interested in seeing that thesis. ;-) Even though he’s not self-aware enough to realize that his job didn’t “cause” his divorce, I think his question is a good one when re-phrased. Do a majority of people working IT jobs allow their work to hurt their family lives? In my experience, yes.