{"id":24704,"date":"2021-03-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=24704"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:15:33","slug":"international-womens-day-caroline-veys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/international-womens-day-caroline-veys-2\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day – Caroline Veys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“It is not always a disadvantage to be a woman in a men\u2019s world, we can have different valuable views and perspectives, beside the technical skills.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>Caroline Veys<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What did you want to be when you were younger?  <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I was younger, I wanted to become an astronaut, because I wanted to make sure that little green men really lived on mars. I did not trust people and I wanted to see myself if they really exist or not…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was your first job?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mechanical Engineer in an aerospace company, even though my passion was to work in the automotive industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you always wanted to work for an engineering company? Why?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I always wanted to work in the automotive industry. My thesis was about injection system in Diesel car engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What attracted you to Siemens?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To work for a famous international company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How has the role of women in engineering changed over the past 5 years? Have you seen things change in gender equality? Diversity? <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes and no. The number of women in engineering increased over the years, but still slowly. I think that engineering will always be considered as a man activity. But it is not always a disadvantage to be a woman in a men\u2019s world. We can have different valuable views and perspectives, beside the technical skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the favorite part of your job? <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Connecting and engaging with customers: selling, negotiating, solving their problem and bringing cutting edge technology to their application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My golden rule: don\u2019t take renewal sales for granted. For each renewal cycle, I have to ensure I am delivering value and providing an exceptional experience to the customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been quite a year. What is the toughest part of working from home? Do you think working at home has been the same for both men and women?<\/span><\/em>  <\/span><\/font><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Working from home has changed a few things. Personally, it reinforced the intimacy with some customers (seeing them sitting in their living room with kids playing around\u2026). I could also discuss with them the challenges that they faced working from home. Working from home could be the same for women and men, it depends on their role\/implication inside their family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has the pandemic created other challenges for you personally?  <\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes, indeed. The challenge to organize my journey, and to fix mandatory timeslots for hobbies. My laptop is too much present\u2026 I feel always at home\u2026 and always at work\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will never work in the same way again. What \u201cpositives\u201d will you take with you when the pandemic is behind us?<\/em>    <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have reduced the time spent in my car as I am not going in to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have deeper discussions (sense of empathy) with my colleagues to understand how they feel at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have quickly adopted the new tools to work remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What advice do you have for young women considering engineering or a technical career?    <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Go for it! With plenty of energy and positive attitude! Be confident of your ability. Engineering is a profession where you can enjoy the satisfaction of learning and growing in proportion to the effort you put in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be prepared to meet some obstacles. But believe in yourself and forget about any stereotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, in honor of International Women\u2019s Day, is there a woman you particularly admire or look up to? Could you explain why?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lady Di, because she was much more than a style icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Princess
Princess Diana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She used her celebrity to help children, to defend various human causes and to inspire others to give to charitable causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She put her own safety at risk during the worldwide landmine charity campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrate International Women’s Day by finding out more about our female Simcenter heroes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrating International Women’s Day, we talk to Caroline Veys, Batchelor of Electromechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46709,"featured_media":24963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[699],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-international-womens-day"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/womansday_Caroline_Veys-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24704\/revisions\/24972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24704"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=24704"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=24704"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}