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How to be better at coding ?
By Mariam_darwish, history, 5 weeks ago, In English

Hello CODEFORCES! I'm finding a problem with improving(I want to higher my rate) while keeping up with my life(studying ,sport , hanging out...). I started to use USACO GUIDE , I know It's helpful ,but I sometimes find It a little hard .

Sooo... if anyone got any ideas to tell me how they improve cuz I'm still a Newbie :(

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"just go and learn how to use binary search"

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Solve more problems and listen to twice

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i'm on the same boat....solving more and more problems isnt working out for me.......

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just do some basic rating from 0-1200 problem on competitive platforms like CF, CC

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Try to train daily (at least an hour) and do not sleep without solving at least a problem. Limit your going out and go with friends. In summary, you have to work hard on yourself (stay up late — don’t forget the contests — solve problems on CODEFORCES and the USACO GUIDE).

I wish you all the best :)

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    I guess that's exactly what I need

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      Oh, I forgot about CSES. You can use it to learn each topic separately.

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    An hour is nothing you guys have to practice more I am bac and I am practicing more than you

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Use this one before Usaco TLE Also, don't solve problems higher than your rating by more than 300 or so this may let you feel you are not good and waste your time, also don't solve problems that are ez for you.

So, I suggest, going in the sheet I've sent its link and solve from it gradually starting from 800 and so on and once you didn't come up with the idea for around 1 or 2 hrs, leave it and then solve others from the sheet and after you finish things that you know, go to see if you can solve them now, if yes, that's great this is an improvement sign if not, see why you weren't able to, maybe topic that you don't know (so you must go to study it and solve some questions on it) or maybe it was a bit hard for you even a topic that you know, in this case look at the tutorial and its comments and learn from the experts there.

That's it :)

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I use USACO GUIDE and have been feeling challenged by it until now, but I think it has made me better.

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give up and go outside

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cp isn't worth it, quit.

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