All entries for Working at parson
parson's mentoring program
You sent the job application and the interview went well. Now comes your first day at work. Everything is strange: colleagues whose names you immediately forget, business processes, the ERP system. Even the coffee machine doesn't work right away. And where was that meeting room again? more...
Pets at the office. Part I: Molly
The atmosphere at our office is always good, but when Molly is there, it gets even better. Molly is good for us. more...
How to become a technical writer – Confessions of a former translator
A former translator, I worked the first seven years of my professional life in the translation industry, in various positions. While I learned a lot from this experience, it also left me, as a writer, frustrated. Translators are chained to their source text and writing the words of others in another language, usually focusing on what their clients want. more...
The B2Run 2017 in Hamburg
The B2Run 2017 was eventful. After Esther and Frank ran six kilometers in record-breaking time, they were caught snatching energy bars. more...
What do you do? An attempt to explain a profession
Sunday afternoon. Coffee and a black-forest cherry cake. Great aunt Else pats the back of my hand. “And you, child? What do you do?” more...