[madeyeshawn]

There is nothing in the beginning that says "You would have fun doing this with me"

For example I like to hike and camp. I'm also interested in being a writer. I would talk about hiking and camping first, cause that includes a partner while my writing career aspiration implies "Leave me alone I need to finish this project"

Dont hide your nerdy social/proffesional interests. Just add some basic fun social activities that any person of any profession/ilk can enjoy doing at your side and grab their attention with those simple leisure activities first. Then you break out your interesting unique side at the end. Or even better save it for the first date.

Less is more...

Be a bit more vague about your career aspirations, so when you go on a date they can have a mental bullet point to ask you: "hey what do you mean by engineering, what kind of work is that"

You want your date to feel like they are discovering you, not like they are being pitched why your awesome.

Good luck dude!