By definition, engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function. Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. Male engineers reach their peak of sexual attractiveness later than normal men, become irresistible erotic dynamos in their mid-thirties to late forties. Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until their clinical death. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people 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. I'm not jealous of your new computer. If there is one trait that best defines an engineer it is the ability to concentrate on one subject to the complete exclusion of everything else in the environment. This sometimes causes engineers to be pronounced dead prematurely. Some funeral homes in high-tech areas have started checking resumes before processing the bodies.