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Any resources to get started with competitive programming? For someone who has years of SWE experience, but 0 with competitive programming.
by champagnepapi 3y ago
Any resources to get started with competitive programming? For someone who has years of SWE experience, but 0 with competitive programming.
- mrits 3y agoThe same as interviewing resources. this series is a good start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKCbsiDBN6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKCbsiDBN6c
- JohnKemeny 3y agoDo Advent of Code! It's great fun. Invite your friends and colleagues to participate too, and make your own scoreboard.
- hnfong 3y agoI'd say just try it out and see how you feel. If you feel defeated and discouraged, then that's the end of it :) However, if you feel motivated to get better results, then you'll find the info you want easily (esp. how to solve the problem[s] that tripped you up) IPSC ( https://ipsc.ksp.sk/ https://ipsc.ksp.sk/ ) used to be my favorite until they stopped organizing it :'( - but you can still play with the problems and see how you would rank :) I would advise against reading a bunch of materials first before you do your first contest -- a lot of those stuff are niche and probably doesn't feel different from leetcode grinding, so only do as much as you feel motivated to read and practice.