As of 2024[update], Megler is a principal data scientist at Amazon.com,[2] and is known as the co-developer of The Hobbit, a 1982 text adventure game adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien.
[10] Prior to her graduation from the University of Melbourne, Megler resigned from Beam to concentrate on her studies, and Mitchell remained to complete the ZX Spectrum version.
Megler worked at IBM as an information technology architect, operating system expert and consultant.
In 2009, she left IBM to study for a master's degree and PhD in computer science for scientific big data at Portland State University.
[4] As of February 2024[update], Megler lives in Portland, Oregon and is a principal data scientist at Amazon.com.