Tales from the e-Trenches: Or Why Too Much of Our Software Has Glitches (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986421235)

Judy grew up in Cheyenne, WY. She was introduced to computer science and engineering during her undergraduate work at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. In 1966, she received her B.A., although she had made an early switch to a major in psychology (looking for more social interaction) while retaining a minor in mathematics. Her advanced degrees, however, directed her back toward computer science. She received an M.A. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of Colorado at Boulder, majoring in Quantitative Psychology (1/3 computer science, 1/3 experimental psychology and 1/3 statistics). Judy started her working career as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at New York University where she met her future husband, Frank Schapiro, who had received his doctorate from Cornell in Human Factors engineering. Due to financial difficulties at NYU, however, a career change was in the offing for both of them. Mid-career saw both Judy and Frank enjoying positions in advertising and marketing research at leading U.S. advertising agencies and corporations. In 1985, Frank started Demand Factors, Inc., an independent marketing research and planning firm with an emphasis in multivariate statistics and big data analysis. Judy joined him in the business shortly thereafter. The business was heavily involved with organizations working to strengthen America's manufacturing arm and helping to keep jobs in America. Her last positions took full advantage of her high-tech background. Following advanced training in multiple computer areas (websites, databases, programming) she was a contract worker holding the positions of senior programmer/analyst, requirements lead, and IT project manager at three larger corporations. She and Frank are now in semi-retirement, but keep busy with two websites, http: //ourchildrensladder.com/ whose purpose is to help today's kids climb higher in life and http: //ludewighouse.com/index.html, the story of their restoration of a Victorian townhouse in St. Louis, Missouri. Together, in 2015, they published "The Get Real Guide to Retirement: The Balanced, Down-to--Earth Guide to a Rewarding and Happy Retirement."