Working at Enel has made it possible for me to combine two dreams:
One, that I would actually be able to do the job I wanted to do.
Because being an engineer also means
working in an industry where I can create things,
use my ingenuity, to be able to use what I studied.
But the other really important aspect
of my passions, of my life, is being able to explore
new countries, new cultures…
And actually, from that point of view, Enel opens up worlds
because it encourages this way of being
and incentivizes intellectual exploration, but also physical exploration of places.
I work in an office, but also in the field,
and being able to go into the field is something that
makes you aware of certain problems.
Of course, there are also fun aspects to going into the field.
When people talk about engineers, basically,
they still think of it as men's work.
From a strictly numerical point of view,
you might be able to make this claim,
but my experience is that if there’s
a well-educated, positive family environment,
women are more inclined to choose a scientific career.
So what I’d like say is that
there is absolutely no solid basis
to claim that being an engineer is a man's job.
Of course, culture can also have the opposite effect.
Just now I was reading about the “Scully Effect”.
Scully was the main protagonist of The X-Files
and she had a positive effect
on the number of women that then wanted to pursue a scientific career,
to become engineers, doctors, etc.
That didn't surprise me much because
actually, Scully is one of my favorite characters.