I'm Charlotte Poncette
and I'm working as an
analyst at Arηs Developments Belgium.
My job consist in meetings
with the client, with the business
to see what are the needs.
We propose, we discuss,
we challenge and at the end,
the analysis team will shape a solution.
When I did my job interview
with Pierre Noel, so the partner
and I had a piercing
in my nose at that time
so I just told him "You know, I have a piercing
but that's okay for me
if you don't want me to wear it."
And he just looked at me like
"Oh no, okay, that's fine,
that's okay".
Having this piercing
visible was a good thing
because I was just myself
and he told me: "Yes, that's okay,
you can see the client with
the piercing, I don't care.
I don't mind. I mind about
the quality of your job".
And that's actually
something great.
I think that's a bit sad
that there are not more
girls in technical positions.
We are targeting to have a diversity
but we are not yet there
and I think we have to do
some work, we, as a society.
We all think that,
guys should do some science
and girls should take care of children
or take care of older people.
This kind of ideas, they belong in the past
and we have to move on
and let people do what they want
and what they like.
I think we have to show to all the girls
that tech can be a women topic.
I mean, there is no reason
that a girl should be less capable
or more capable than man.
This is the first thing to know
that you can do it
and second thing is to
give some visibility
for the girls that are already there,
so that other can feel more comfortable.
I didn't feel like "That's
odd, you are a girl".
That's even the opposite here.
Everybody makes me feel like I'm welcome
and I'm doing a great job
and they don't care about
my sex or my gender.
They just care about my person
and my work quality.
The idea is just to open our minds
and to let everybody
do whatever they want.
