If you’d rather build your judgment on phantom rumors spread by anonymous cowards instead of addressing the person who stood right in front of you with complete honesty, that says everything about your character, not mine.
I find technical things a little bit interesting, but I am not the kind of person who gets completely excited about mechanical engineering, civil engineering or electrical engineering.
If you want a life where people love you, (Who doesn’t) where they praise you, pay you more, look up to you, where people do the work for you while you rest up in your palace…