I quit, I am done wasting my time, life, effort, in a skill that I just can't get a hold of. No matter how much I practice, no matter how I think, I just can't force my brain to improve. Its like I am actively losing my mind. This is great news since every other Timmy from here to Timbuck2 can solve Div2 A,B,C,D like its a joke, I QUIT. I will not waste anymore of my time on this stupidity. WeaponisedAutist was correct, CP is not for me and frustration does not even begin to describe how I feel. I am done being struck down again and again, and when I finally hit my stride, for some reason my brain decided to shut down permanently, because screw my goals I guess. I can't believe I wasted so much of my time on this. There is only one contest tomorrow(which going by my life, I can't wait to recieve my -100000 rating and delete my damn account.) and there is no other contest in site....great.
Goodbye.
I agree Cp is only joy for talented kids, people have low iq will not belong here and will endup wasting time.
I would say its the opposite, if you had a low iq a good way to improve your cognitive abilities is to solve some problems...
you cannot improve IQ
I said cognitive abilities not IQ
Still, ability usually refers to something innate.
I didn't
I'd have to disagree
You can clearly improve those, you probably don't know it because you were always at your peak so obviously if you practice more you won't see improvements, but what about someone who has never used their brain because they haven't been challenged enough? In that case there would be a lot of room for improvement, I'm talking about this situation and I think most people are in this pool.
The day will come , when i will write same post if i am not able to reach at expert in next 5 months .
thats a hefty ahh goal and will only work towards building pressure and self sabotage
Why force yourself to improve? Enjoy, have fun. Or you can quit if don't enjoy cp. Only my opinion. Do what you like.
same bro, literally frustrated with cp, feels like time wasting
me too
Damn, this really feels like an exact reading of my thoughts. This coming from someone that seems to be around the same strength as me and not someone totally new or way more experienced. If you have had the patience thus far to persist, you must continue. I also felt this same way especially after today's Div 2 contest. I wasted 45 minutes on C because I didn't realize I hadn't accounted for the case where n=1. It just goes to show that this struggle is common amongst most non-genius people. You have to persist -- know that people like me share the same struggle. As long as you value CP (which would seem to be the case if you really got to this level in the first place), stick to it. If you genuinely don't have the time, that is a different story -- do what you have to. But do not quit out of short-term frustration.
brutal
I feel you bro. I am a beginner at programming and I get overwhelmed by the complexity of the problems and most of the time I cant make up a solution that helps me as to what to code in python(for some that I understood the concept). However don't be disheartened, you can just do casual programming if not Cp. Just take your time knowing your weaknesses and working around it. And trust me I am doing the same thing and hopefully it works out for me. GL on your efforts succeeding.
Being a beginner programmer and doing cp problems right away is definitely difficult. I started doing programming over 4 years ago and started seriously doing cp only just less than 1 year ago. My point is that you really do have to spend a lot of time developing the fundamentals -- your step-by-step thinking ability, your ability to break problems down into simpler components, and starting with basic computational exercises to start understanding how to think algorithmically. How to do that? Usually, high school CS courses give a good start and then 1st year algorithm and functional programming courses in university/college as well. This all might seem really cumbersome just to get rolling, but that is the nature of something as vast as computer science or mathematics. Bide your time and clean your fundamentals. Work up slowly. You can not have all the glory right away.
this is nature of cp
most people will improve up to certain point in first year, then it basically "converges" to iq. there is not much difference in practice methodology between cyan and orange. the only difference is iq. some people are gifted and some people are not. it's better to leave early
While I agree that IQ can really help drive and reach higher levels earlier, I disagree on the point that the practice methodology is "similar" between cyan and orange. Certainly they are similar in the respect that it is just practicing problems at the end of the day; however, I have found the deliberate, intentional practice is the primary component to break out of this "convergence" to some limit. That is, you must deliberately and intensely target your weaknesses and practice even more on them. It might sound obvious, but when people practice on their weakness, they usually give up more easily or half-ass the "practice", which of course does not result in any substantial improvement. It is way too easy to chalk up every high-rated person's high rating to IQ or aptitude.