{"id":1129,"date":"2018-06-06T03:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/2018-Simcenter-Conference-Why-you-NEED-to-attend\/ba-p\/497626"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:05:24","slug":"2018-simcenter-conference-why-you-need-to-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/2018-simcenter-conference-why-you-need-to-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Simcenter Conference: Why you NEED to attend."},"content":{"rendered":"

Engineering can often be a lonely pursuit. For all the talk of “teamwork” and “collaboration,” most simulation engineers spend a significant amount of their working week alone in a cubicle staring (often blankly) at a screen while trying to unravel an almost intractable engineering problem. Although interaction with colleagues can often help, it’s ultimately only your hard-work and ingenuity that will unlock the solution.  While this approach to engineering can be very self-fulfilling, it’s easy to become trapped in a “specialized silo” if you are only exposed to a specific set of problems and people. Without being exposed to new ideas and new approaches your productivity and problem-solving ability will begin to decline.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n

\"GettyImages-855815500.jpg\"<\/span>In his book “<\/SPAN>Seven Habits of Highly Successful People<\/SPAN><\/A>” Stephen J Covey writes about this and preaches about the need to continually “<\/SPAN>sharpen your saw<\/SPAN><\/A>” (the seventh of his habits). He tells the story of a frustrated lumberjack, who becomes less and less productive the harder that he works, each day expending more and more effort but delivering less and less wood. Noticing the decline in productivity, the owner of the lumberyard asks “when was the last time you sharpened your saw?”, to which the lumberjack replies “I don’t have time to sharpen my saw, I’m too busy cutting wood!!”<\/SPAN> <\/P>
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The moral of this story is that sometimes you have to step away from the grind of your daily work and invest in yourself. As a simulation engineer, one of the best ways of “sharpening your own saw” is by attending the <\/SPAN>Simcenter Conference<\/SPAN><\/A>. Here are some of the benefits of attending:<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n