Staff Portrait: Ann-Cathrin, Senior Technical Communicator

by Diana Keppler on June 03, 2022

I love developer documentation. I find it fascinating when a developer explains something that I do not understand immediately and that I need to research first. Diving into a complex topic and then describing it for users in an easy-to-understand way – I think that is really awesome.

Ann-Cathrin

VW-Bus mit Vorzelt und Arbeitsplatz in einem Garten — Home office in the van: Ann-Cathrin tests mobile working. (c) photo: Ann-Cathrin / parson

We spoke to Senior Technical Communicator Ann-Cathrin for our blog: about her work at parson, business trips to the Grand Canyon, the future of technical documentation and her ideal work-life balance. To read the full interview in German, please head over to our German site.

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