My competitive programming journey
I’m Green!!
Today was an exciting day for me. After three years of practicing competitive programming, I finally became a pupil on Codeforces. Does this mean I’m a pro hacker, a master at coding? No. Does it mean I’m in the top 10% of coders or something like that? No. It simply means that I’m improving. This achievement might not mean much to anyone else, but it means a lot to me. I’m really happy because, in the past few weeks, I had been feeling like all my effort was useless.
What’s Next for My CP Journey?
As my favorite book, The Way of Kings, says: Journey before destination. This means that what matters more than the ultimate goal is the journey itself. In this case, solving problems, participating in contests, meeting people who are passionate about CP, and always practicing are more important than the achievements.
ICPC
In a few weeks, the most important contest will take place: the ICPC. I’m preparing for this event by learning new techniques like segment trees, square root decomposition, matrix chain multiplication, and probably the hardest of all: programming logic.
Thank you for reading :)
Yesterday, I planned to publish something completely different, but today, life smiled at me, and I managed to finally reach the pupil rank on Codeforces. So, this will be my first blog post ever. This achievement means a lot to me. I’m determined to keep improving, not just in CP but in life in general.
Great things are coming, I’m sure of it.