According to the study, “Why Susie Sells Seashells By The Seashore: Implicit Egotism and Major Life Decisions“:
“…no matter how we analyzed these data, we found that people whose first names begin with G, Ge, or Geo gravitated toward the geosciences.”
And they found that people named Dennis were more likely to become dentists.
Maybe that’s why I’m a Java Programmer..
Perhaps it’s phonetic. G in Geo sounds the same as J in Jason :)
For the reference… emphatically not a Java programmer.
my first name is geoff, and i have a bachelors and masters in geography. pretty weird, eh?
LOL.. So True
New Scientist magazine named this phenomenon ‘nominative determinism’ in their Feedback column in 1994, i.e. people’s names determine something about their careers or lives.
(Subscription required to view the whole NS column)