Dealing with numbers and materials rather than people in one's formative years would tend to make one think less of the vagaries of human behavior. (Yes, I meant the double meaning.) But I suspect you were a techie before you selected to study it in college. That's usually the way of things.

I would think that other experiences would tend to mold people's political views one way or another. Who you grow up with, where you live, what happens to your family, whether and where you worship: all those things are far more likely to have a lasting effect on a person than four (or six) years of under- and post-graduate work.

It might be more telling to discover whether the public schools produce more of one type than private or parochial schools, because children go there from a tender age until they can credibly hold a job, a long time. If they have, it hasn't been obvious to me, except in a regional sense, which goes right back to who you grew up with, where you live, etc.

Using myself as an example: I went to public schools for 1.3 years (kindergarten and part of first grade). All the rest were Catholic schools, except for the graduate work at a state university. My opinions on social issues are well-known here. (Frequently forgotten is my love of science, to which I draw very little attention because my love outstrips my knowledge by a factor of 100.) Fifteen years of Catholic education has not made me into an opponent of abortion, of birth control, or of gay rights, three of the Church's point issues. It has, however, influenced me in other ways, including pursuit of social justice (see Church activities -- often without Vatican support -- in Latin America) and intellectual freedom (see American Jesuits in the US -- very often without Vatican support). If Catholics are conservatives by definition, then with me the Church has failed. But Catholics are not defined by politics. The group is too large and lacks the homogeneity to form such a bloc.

Neither, I would say, are professions. If you believe that techies are conservatives, perhaps conservative techies are what you're looking for.

If I were trying to work with you in a business or a professional relationship, I assure you you would not have a clue about my politics or my personal beliefs. Especially if I had the privilege of listening to you speak of yours in person for as much as 5 minutes. Is that a product of college education? I grew up in an extended family containing many teachers (including teaching nuns and priests), lawyers, and politicians. You tell me.