Myths every Competitive Programmer should know 

Thanks so much Soumya 😍

I disagree. If you don't want to engage with your audience or answer questions on RU-vid, fine. If you don't want questions from beginners, don't post content for beginners. It's arrogant and hypocritical to berate them and claim that they're "hurting the morale of the community" for being inquisitive about the very topic that you're posting on, while you personally benefit from their traffic.

@@neilmurphy7594 yep I am also a beginner and if I was so much experienced of a programmer I would not even ask the question .. even the stackoverflow community is full of cocky old programmers ...just watch the video 8 bit advice for beginners .. it's what we all need for now

Unfortunately, I disagree about the fact -> do not ask silly questions. Nowadays, asking questions is really encouraged in software industry because if the requirements are not crystal clear, then you might land into developing completely different product or a different module. This is SHEER UTMOST fact any recruiter ( Google, MS, Uber, Facebook, Apple, Airbnb, Netflix) will always tell you before interviewing with their companies.

@@prashantpatel1 I guess, Gaurav is emphasizing on doing some research on those silly questions before posting it or asking it directly. It's important to understand how valid our questions are! That can only be done by doing some research. Experts want to utilize their time. And that's well justified. We can't expect them to spoon-feed everyone. :)

Finally! 😛

Bhai maine try kiya, nahi samajh aya, kaise khelte hain? (asking a stupid question to a senior :P )

The fact that you coudn't complete minesweeper, is because you coudn't reach the truth 😏

you don't? probably you are not tryingharder enough! 😝

Yes. Oh god. Idk how this guy is playing this game so nicely 😂

i know u from leetcode :)

i know you from codewars))

but if u started at 35, did u reach m or gm. how old are you now.

hahAH

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Bilkul bhai 😝

@@gkcs You said competitive programming is of no use for a person with 4-5 years of exp, I am having the same but I want to get into better product based companies. I have already started learning and solving DS and Algo. Now I am confuse how should I go for my preparation?

@@RishiPrakash I think his point was that with experience there is less requirement for DS as at 7+ years of experience you will be some tech lead or architect designer. At that point of time your overall understanding of system is more important than DS as the task of applying DS will be done by fellows working for you. Apart there is no age for learning anything new. Also to get in any product organization, DS & Algo is very basic requirement with proper understanding of System designing and Scaling up the systems. So if you wanna be in product organization - go ahead and start preparing for DS Algos.

@@charchitpatodi8677 appreciate your reply, thanks man!!

@@RishiPrakash For preparation : As Gaurav suggest there are many things you can find online. Even you can find step by step topics need to cover to get into Google. But I just put tips what you need to do to get into any product organization - Start with basic DS topics like stack, queue, linked list, and till you reach trees, you must know how to play with them. Then you must have knowledge of some algos and strategies like Recursion, DP, Greedy Algo, Knapsack. I think these are fine enough. You must know when and how to use them. If you are Java Guy - you must know Collections and which one you should apply OR if C/C++ guy then knowledge STL library will make things easy for you. Source for preparation - Go for Geeks4Geeks - you find company wise preparation content and even topic wise. They have really good collection. With all of this become active on any competitive programming sites, few also host Companies' challenges, if you top the leader board they will call you for interview. One last thing - I would suggest while preparing start applying for Jobs. So you will get exposure also. "oops my comment become too large ;)" Hope it will help you.

Hahaha!

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The ones who like it are usually the ones good at it. Ironically, they end up with the 'top' jobs too. The cycle is becoming vicious. We need the train's bogeys to learn from the engine. Move towards what you like instead of following along 😛

Btw, just tweeted this conversation 😋

Thank you 😁

Yes of course 😛😁

That's the first thing that came to my mind

yes it also came to my mind

That was irritating to my eyes btw.. Idk about others

That's a valuable experience. Thanks for sharing 😊

Venkatesh Manohar same questions I wanna ask

When you say algorithms, it still needs practice, probably on same platforms. What did you do about it?

These are two different worlds. Algorithms involved in CP are at a much higher level than what's required for most of the regular web applications. Algorithms involved in CP are more on the side of AI design, machine learning than any regular backend/distributed system design. I don't think all the legendary grandmasters on codeforces are high-level web app developers that require specialized skill sets.

Leetcode is very useful if you are preparing for interviews. I'd recommend that for interviews. The other platforms are for competitive programming, which makes your problem solving great for the long run. It depends on the time you have to prepare.

Ok..sure..Thank you gaurav :)

Thanks Vinnie :D

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Thanks! 😁

Thanks!

Thanks!

All the best!

Thanks Ishaan!

Said... with... respect

When I say poor questions, I don't mean ones which have subjective answers. The ones I am primarily talking about are debugging or syntax questions, which are pathetic. There are others who ask for 'hints' in a live contest, which is unethical. Some people start with a question clarification and move to shooting possible solutions, hoping that I'll point out the correct one amongst them. I've noticed this the most amongst Indian participants, maybe because I am from India and hence my user base is primarily Indian. I don't want to publicly shame them but it gets on anybody's nerves given enough time. And I don't want my country's name associated with this behavior, as it was in one of Bohdan answer's here: www.quora.com/Why-do-a-lot-of-successful-competitive-programmers-not-participate-actively-on-CodeChef-but-participate-often-on-sites-like-TopCoder-and-Codeforces The final kind of stupid question is: help me step by step to learn programming. I could, but why would I? Basic programming tutorials are out there to consume. "Leeches asking for elementary stuff which already exists because they are too lazy to go through the same process as everyone else" - Me. Finally, people asking life advice. "What should I do now? Where should I focus in life?" I mean, I could tell them if I invested a day in knowing about their current state and then spoon feeding them, but why? "Take responsibility, acquire skills and do your goddamn job." - Also, me 😛 Cheers for the respectful question, and thanks for the feedback!

Congrats! I like to hear these stories, but they are the exception rather than norm, from the stories I hear 🙂

You left your job for competitive programming?

Cheers! 😋

Thanks Manish!

Thanks Himanshu 😁

You are welcome 😁

Always a good thing 😛

I don't think so. Silly doubts on system design are rare compared to that in Competitive Programming. I think that people in the CP community are lazy, comparatively.

Thank you so much Bianca!

All the best!

Yeah it is ..im also starting at the same time

Mission Accomplished!

Yes, you need to be red on codeforces. Have a look at the video for proof.

Gaurav Sen that’s hilarious

Codeforces is pretty understanding. SPOJ is brutal. I understand the sentiment though. However, people usually argue on languages because they have no idea. The asking parties want a debate more than trying it out.

Thanks Prashanth! Happy to hear that :D

Both of you inspire me a lot! Keep posting informative videos.

All of them are from Sri Lanka! The minesweeper was me playing :)

Apply apply apply!

Thanks!

As he said in the video: "google it first".

C++ will probably help you understand the underlying CS principles better

@@ImperatorZed update: I use C++ nowadays for competitive programming. I did a course on operating system that made me code C. So, after 4 months of rigorous C, now I am okay with C++. And yes, I agree with you about understanding concepts better in C/C++.

Manas Ekam vachas ekam karam ekam

Cheers!

I thought I'll stop reading comments when the channel becomes big. I didn't 😁

Absolutely 😛

I am from Mumbai :)

Learn all programming languages 😁

@@gkcs Thanks man.

I was kidding. Watch the video before commenting buddy 😋

Thank you!

Minesweeper.Classic Win xp game.

It's Sri Lanka's Cinnamon hotel 😋

@@gkcs My bad then 😅

@@gkcs You should make a video like 'A Day of Software Engineer at ...' which is common trend now and none of India. ✌️

Thanks!

Thanks Connor! Means a lot :D

both ledend !!

I like playing minesweeper 😁