John McParadise
Senior Technical Writer
FWD think
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
First, I read Jack Keruoac...
Then, I traveled around the country...
Then, 9/11 happened...
Then, I wrote Road Trippn' (novel).
Then, I moved to Florida to teach during a historic hurricane season...
Then, I enlisted in the Navy, and deployed my first day of duty onboard the Last Tomcat Cruise...
Then, I returned to VA Beach and harmonized to beach bum mode, beginning book 2...
Then, I tried a new career and got Road Trippn' published by a publisher from back home in Cleveland.
Education
High School
Career
Senior Technical Writer
Author / Tech Writer
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Writing
Technology
Learning / Being Challenged
Day to Day
I work in a fast-paced 'agile' environment on a team of software engineers, database analysts, linguists, government and military business owners. I enjoy the diversity and international flavor of my work environment. I also enjoy the challenge of having to rise to aggressive deadlines, collaborating as a team and of course the writing, organizing, editing and translating of complex technical information into comprehensible formats.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for professionals
Pursue IT / computer programming training, and read "The Elements of Style."
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"You need to stop dreaming and grow up, stop being so naive and nice to people who don't deserve it all the time, be more serious for a change...etc."
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
Parental Alcoholism/violence
