The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
Presenter:
Amy Schneider, Talks at Google
Time:
47:19
Summary
American software engineer and Jeopardy! Champion Amy Schneider discusses her book "In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life," an inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself.
Transcript
Welcome to this toxic Google virtual event. I'm Amanda Walker, and I'm on the privacy safety and security team here at Google. Before I get started, I want to remind everyone that we will be taking questions towards the end of this talk. As you think of questions throughout this conversation, please add them to the live chat on the right. We'll get to them at the end of the end of the talk.
I'm very excited to introduce today's guest, Amy Schneider. Amy has an American software engineer and recent Jeopardy champion. Following an impressive 40 game winning streak, she became the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy. She's a second all time in the show's history trailing only Ken Jennings. Amy is also the first openly transgender transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions. She has been covered in people in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post USA Today and more and has appeared on Good Morning America. And now here at toxic Google. Most recently, she has written a book called in the form of a question the joys and rewards of a curious life. And Amy, it's my pleasure to welcome you to toxic Google. Hi, thanks for having me. Welcome.