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Seriously, having competed in only 1 regional ICPC myself, I was blown away at the level of knowledge of some of the students. Some kids were coming in from hig
by gleenn 12y ago
Seriously, having competed in only 1 regional ICPC myself, I was blown away at the level of knowledge of some of the students. Some kids were coming in from high school with serious programming skills. Makes me sad when I go back to work now and never get to use any of these interesting algorithms.
- boxysean 12y agoNYU team coach here writing from Russia. :) Indeed, most of the top competitors have been practicing since high school. We were lucky to assemble a team that has been training well before. MIT's team consists of freshmen who are still in good training since their national high school math olympiad trainings from their respective countries.
- itsnotvalid 12y agoWhat puzzled me is that training for high schools varies so much that not all students interested was given some basic help.