Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it's a warm day. Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other peoples who can't handle the truth.
Engineers sometimes bend the truth to avoid work.
They say things that sound like lies but technically are not because nobody could be expected to believe them. The complete list of engineer lies is shown below. I won't change anything without asking you first. I'm not jealous of your new computer. Engineers are notoriously frugal.