I’ve decided to take competitive programming seriously.
I’ve been practicing DSA for a while, but I realized that solving problems casually and actually solving them in a contest are two very different things.
So I decided to start participating in coding contests and see how far I can take it.
I’ll be practicing on platforms like:
- Codeforces
- CodeChef
- LeetCode
- AtCoder
- HackerRank
My main goal right now is to become consistent and improve my problem-solving speed. Eventually, I’d like to start getting Top 1000 ranks in contests and keep improving my rating.
I’m currently focusing on topics like:
- Arrays and Strings
- Hashing
- Sorting and Searching
- Binary Search
- Two Pointers
- Sliding Window
- Recursion and Backtracking
- Linked Lists
- Stacks and Queues
- Trees and Graphs
- Greedy Algorithms
- Dynamic Programming
I know it’s going to take time. There will probably be contests where I barely solve anything, plenty of wrong submissions, and problems that I won’t understand on the first try 😅.
But that’s part of the process.
Instead of just looking at the number of problems I’ve solved, I want to understand my mistakes and improve with every contest.
At the same time, I’ll continue working on development projects because I want to build both strong problem-solving skills and practical development skills.
I’ll share my progress here as I go.
Let’s see how far I can get. 🚀