Nerds and women. For the most part, these two groups of people often lie at far ends of the social spectrum. Most sterotypes label the typical nerd as someone who lives in thier parents basement, only ever venturing to the light for more video games and cheese puffs. This, however, has begun to change. More and more of my female-friends have shown interest in those on the geekier side of my life, for good reason.
Most people have seen what happens to people after high school. The star football player, and the most popular kid on the block end up working blue collar jobs. Conversly, the out casts and nerds land higher paying jobs in technical feilds. People like Bill Gates, once looked down upon by many of his peers, claims a spot on the 'richest man in the world' list.
As the need for network techs and computer programmers expands, the need for the proverbial nerds also expands. People see the light shine thorugh the social awkwardness and see that nerds are people too.