Chad Things

• This website
• Chad’s Online Presence
• Chad’s Career
• Chad’s Background

This website

I created chadnorwood.com mainly as a blog – a place for me to write about my personal life and various things I’m involved in, with the goal to help me and others.  It allows me to provide as much detail as i’d like, compared to twitter, facebook, and other forums. Writing down personal information helps me focus on whats important in my life, and sharing it goes along with the idea of transparency, an attribute i value highly. Additional to my personal life, there are projects I’m associated with, like cooking, exercise, outdoors, music, and technology. I write to add to the general internet knowledgebase, hoping to save some time and effort for those who want to do the same thing.  For example, check out posts on development, hiking and backpacking trips, GPS running maps of SF and Chicago, or recipes of great food I’ve made, or free iPhone apps worth installling.

Chad’s Online Presence

Chad’s Career

As of August 2017, I am seeking software engineering management opportunities in the city of Chicago.  My summary, experience and skills are detailed in my resume (html, pdf). The best way to contact me is through email, then phone (listed on resume). I receive more emails and voicemails from tech recruiting agencies than i can process, so forgive me if there is a delay in my response.

Chad’s Background

I grew up on the east coast, schooled in Virginia but spent most of my time in Atlanta, Georgia. After school, I moved to the San Francisco bay area and loved it. In 2008 I followed my wife to Chicago where we’ve both put our roots down.

I’ve worked in the computer and internet industry for over 15 years, but have had several years where I didn’t work in the traditional sense – I’d recommend that everyone do that. In fact, this is what gave me the perspective which triggered my desire to do something different with my life.

I love traveling and did 6 months around the world in 2007. Besides that I visit about a country per year, as well as many trips within the US, usually to see friends and family.

My friends are extremely important to me. I had several crews in SF, but one of my oldest crews is the Brasstax. Not only do we have unbelievable amounts of fun, I’ve learned a lot from them on how best to live life. Good peeps. I’m also very independent, and love spending time alone, as well as spending as much time as possible with my wife, the lovely Miss Shayna.  She now owns and manages a very successful letterpress company, Steel Petal Press.

For more including the lastest on me, see my blog posts tagged with “chads life”.

Cheers,
Chad