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it's the few you have to hide that started the stereotype

Technicians in general can be that way.

The numbers are much smaller than what is thought. I'd say maybe one in ten are socially inept. We are "civil", of course.

My youngest stepson is in school for mech. eng.  He has the prototypical engineer personality with all the introverted quirks thrown in.  He doesn't want to change, and no amount of classes or anything else would help, because he doesn't want to be anything other than what he is.  He has social anxiety and he's okay with that.  He's not exactly awkward socially, but he'll do what he can to avoid people in general, and he's very abrupt and direct and will come off rude to people who don't know him, even though he's not. 

Well, he kinda is, but not too bad.

He will argue with a brick wall, though.  When he thinks he's right, there is no principle of falsification in play that will convince him otherwise.  Sometimes it's hilarious and other times its frustrating when he argues with his mom about medical stuff.  She, with a medical degree and over a decade's experience, and he, with Google and Reddit, but he will argue with her about diseases, meds, etc. fully convinced that she just isn't smart enough to see his point. 

You still have your Atari "PONG" single-game console hooked up in your man cave, don't you.