Hi! I want to join a contest in competitive programming next year but I nearly know nothing. I only know how to use python to code and answer some simple questions. Can someone please give me a guide like what should I start learning first ?

The first annual MiniScript Try-It! Contest has been officially announced:

https://forums.miniscript.org/d/227-announcement-first-annual-try-it-contest

You can win up to $25 by writing a cool program less than 2000 characters long! It should be a lot of fun. You have three weeks (competition ends March 21st). No prior knowledge of MiniScript is required. I hope you'll give it a try!

If you want learn competitive programming or you just wanna a QuickStart for your desired problems you should check this github repository: Tips for Competitive Programming. You can quickly start your C++ coding problems just with: bash <(curl -sL bash.propi.dev/cp). Give this repo a star and enjoy using it.

Hi, does somebody have a link or a name where I can find real world competitions with a monetary reward. Similar to Kaggle Competitions but not with machine learning but more general Cs problems/ projects. Does something like that even exist?

Regards

If you are female or non-binary, I think you might enjoy our puzzle competition starting friday! www.integirls.org/puzzle where you solve puzzles in teams

inteGIRLS, a nonprofit run by a group of highschoolers aimed at bridging the gender gap in STEM, is hosting the world’s first all-girls virtual puzzle contest. It will be taking place starting Friday, May 29th, 2020. The puzzle competition has nearly 1000 girls from 37 countries signed up already!

I have been doing some preparation for Google Code Jam and Kickstart and although I am getting the algorithms quite well the input output keeps being an issue for me. For instance I will run the visible test case through my code on their provided platform and the outputs match perfectly however when I hit submit I get a runtime error. Is there something I am missing that must always be included? I am using python3 btw.

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https://www.interviewbit.com/search/?q=Amazon
approx ballpark

I will be practising questions topic wise so searching for a site whose rating increase just by practising, I will be giving contests later on.

I’m wondering if anyone manages to solve problems with very little thinking?

Thoughts definitely get in the way. There are thoughts on the problem, variety of approaches, but in the end almost none of them were useful when the solution arises.

I keep writing a variety of subsolutions that eventually have nothing to do with the solution.

Is there something outside of thinking I can do to solve problems? Has anyone reached this level? Should I scribble something on paper barely related to the problem?

Hey,

I made a tutorial about Binary Search check it out here: https://medium.com/@arisfotakis0/binary-search-beaaa4f4a7b4

Hey Guys!

So I am fairly new to CP but my interest has been growing exponentially in it. And I am now ready to go full force with it!

I am looking for a person who is interested in doing virtual contests (at least once a day) and create something like a study group. I live in the Middle East, so it would be preferable if he/she was living nearby. It doesn't matter the timezone as long as we manage to coordinate the time difference.

So excited!

Which one of the two is harder to win/get a good rank in or more impressive of a win?

I never got the chance to do competitive programming when I was undegrad/hs and I want to.
any1 know of any leetcode style coding competitions I should keep watch for?

merci

So i am a part of the organizing team for a coding contest in my college. We are planning to use hackerrank for hosting the contest. This is an online contest which can be given by the participants from their homes.
So in this, we are going to need any software,application etc that will help us find out whether the solution sent has been copied from a website or something. So if anybody has any idea on how to deal with this issue, kindly let me know

I want to get into competitive programming to prep for interviews and because I think it's fun and will help me increase my problem solving skills. I know people have said that competitive programming is overkill for interviews, but I think it'll be more fun. I was wondering if the CSES problem set is good for beginners or if it's outdated or something. Sorry if this questions is dumb, but I was planning on using another problem set, a2oj ladders, but people have stated that it's outdated, so I want to make sure that CSES isn't before starting. Or would something like Neetcode 150 be a better starting point, as it's good interview prep and covers enough A/DSA to have a foothold competitive programming. I would love suggestions lol. Thanks in advanced!

I was solving a codeforces problem from the problem set and it was supposed to be an easy problem but I overthought the problem and it took way longer than expected and I feel stupid. Am I not made for cp? Did you guys make mistakes like I do when yall began cp?