AndrewStellman,despitebeingraisedaNewYorker,haslivedinPittsburghtwice.ThefirsttimewaswhenhegraduatedfromCarnegieMellonsSchoolofComputerScience,andthenagainwhenheandJennywerestartingtheirconsultingbusinessandwritingtheirfirstbookforOReilly.
Whenhemovedbacktohishometown,hisfirstjobaftercollegewasasaprogrammeratEMI-CapitolRecords——whichactuallymadesense,sincehewenttoLaGuardiaHighSchoolofMusicandArtandthePerformingArtstostudycelloandjazzbassguitar.HeandJennyfirstworkedtogetheratthatsamefinancialsoftwarecompany,wherehewasmanagingateamofprogrammers.Heshadtheprivilegeofworkingwithsomeprettyamazingprogrammersovertheyears,andlikestothinkthatheslearnedafewthingsfromthem.
Whenhesnotwritingbooks,Andrewkeepshimselfbusywritinguseless(butfun)software,playingmusic(butvideogamesevenmore),studyingtaijiandaikido,havingagirlfriendnamedLisa,andowningapomeranian.
JenniferGreene,studiedphilosophyincollegebut,likeeveryoneelseinthefield,couldntfindajobdoingit.Luckily,shesagreatsoftwaretester,soshestartedoutdoingitatanonlineservice,andthatsthefirsttimeshereallygotagoodsenseofwhatprojectmanagementwas.
ShemovedtoNewYorkin1998totestsoftwareatafinancialsoftwarecompany.Shemanagedateamoftestersatareallycoolstartupthatdidartificialintelligenceandnaturallanguageprocessing.
Sincethen,shestraveledallovertheworldtoworkwithdifferentsoftwareteamsandbuildallkindsofcoolprojects.
Shelovestraveling,watchingBollywoodmovies,readingtheoccasionalcomicbook,waitingforherXboxtoberepaired,drinkingcarloadsofcarbonatedbeverages,andowningawhippet.