I have the same feeling! Codejam is an algorithmic contest! so learn new techniques for solving problems.
Cheers On Sep 4, 12:06 pm, vexorian <vexor...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. Always try new languages and techniques, just don't do it during a > match. > 2. Yes, with time I learned to have a .sh script to easily run .cpp > files and it has a "valgrind" argument that will make it run them with > valgrind. The editor I use, geany is tweaked the way I like. > 3. If by hardcode you mean storing stuff in the source files > themselves, then yes. If you are talking about not using constants, I > disagree. I think constants and making things easy to modify are very > helpful. It's been many times that I lost 2 minutes changing a wrong > constant when I didn't follow this tip. > 4. C++ wins :) Of course, just use the language you are most > comfortable with, in the case of codejam, things like the language's > speed are not important. Personally, I can't picture myself doing one > of these contests without my beloved STL. > 5. The fastest solution for A did not use regexes. I am fairly sure > that trying to hack regexes was slower to code and come up to than > just doing the (easy) bruteforce method. I am yet to actually solve > something with regular expressions during an actual contest. But it > does not harm to know many tricks. > 6. Practice is really the only answer. > > On Sep 4, 11:26 am, Satyajit Malugu <malugu.satya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Prolific Coder <prolific.co...@gmail.com> > > Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:25 AM > > Subject: Competency levels > > To: google-code@googlegroups.com > > > I do programming for a living and I think I am not bad. I have been in > > programming interviews before and could solve 90% of questions. > > But this is different, I mean I am reading questions and deciding which one > > to solve and TADA, I see solutions being submitted! I felt so bad > > and incompetent. Are others that good? Or worse am I that bad? > > > But alas, I took minimum of 5 hours to solve the first problem. And I know > > that if I don't change my methodology or practise I will not move forward. I > > want to give it my best shot and since I have a long weekend try to practice > > as much as I can. > > > Can you guys share the techniques or the mind set for solving the problems > > fastly? > > > Some of things I observed so far. > > > 1. Don't try new languages or techniques. > > 2. Already have your IDE and language,debugger and scaffolding setup. > > 3. Its OK to hardcode > > 4. cpp is the language of choice ( but I don't agree like many others) > > 5. Practice regex's you have to become damn good at them. > > 6. Practice, practice and more practice > > > -- > > Satyajit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
