Chad Clark:
CLASS OF 1981
Westbrook Elementary SchoolClass of 1981
Mt. prospect, IL
Illinois State UniversityClass of 1994
Normal, IL
Knox CollegeClass of 1991
Galesburg, IL
Prospect High SchoolClass of 1987
Mt. prospect, IL
Chad's Story
Life
After high school I attended a (very expensive!!) private college and ended up at ISU. I played soccer for the school until an injury sent me to take up golf as a primary sport. I originally went to school to be a doctor, but sitting in high school graduation and thinking, 'I'm only half way done with school', that path was doomed. I currently hold degrees in English and German.
I struck out to be a writer after college, but soon found that in order to be a writer and eat, I would have to sell out to technology and become a technical writer, which I still claim as a profession today. I was extremely fortunate to get on with a software startup in its infancy in the 90's. I was employee #6. We partnered up with an individual who had created a similar product in the past and sold it to Semantec. This partnership landed us all in Scottsdale, AZ, where I spent thr...Expand for more
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After getting my stock vested, I returned to Chicago and got a really nice place in Lincoln Park. About a year later the phone rang, and three of the original six guys from the first startup were branching out and starting their own business, and asked me if I wanted 'to do it again'. So off I was to AZ once again to help get the new company off the ground. I currently live in Barrington, IL, and work as a technical writing consultant.
School
High School - was there ever a better time? Part time work/full time fun/honors classes without having to study. Driving like an idiot in a sportscar I paid cash for. Oh, the good ol' days! Of course the settlement from getting hit by a drunk driver helped finance this largely carefree lifestyle!
Workplace
After helping launch two successful software startups in the '90s, I've been working as a consultant.
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