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First Contest Experience
By yozaam, history, 5 years ago, In English

Wow!

After two months of studying and 100 leetcode questions, I decided to come to try the real deal-codeforces. It was quite the experience!

I have become so dependent on the leetcode "run code" "show diff" options that I am not able to work without it :(

I solved question A by doing a complete dry run in my notebook and then moved forward

I tried a lot of edge cases but could not solve the wrong answer error in question B, it was so close :(

And finally, I moved onto C and there I managed to get a mathematical equation on paper ( adding 1/2 then 1/3 then 1/4 ... to avg temp) but could not figure out the loops terminating condition.

Overall I am very happy about this decision and cannot wait for the next contest!

Thanks for reading :D

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All the best! Keep hustling!

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    Thanks a lot!

    (just a doubt — are we to refrain from posting about our experiences here? Asking because of the downvotes..)

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      5 years ago, # ^ |
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      Don't care about downvotes. A lot of people will downvote anything they see

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      5 years ago, # ^ |
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      Yes if they don't add value to the community..

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      Consider a case : If everyone started to write such blog regarding there experience then just think what codeforces will be filled with. Hope you understand what I meant to say why you get downvotes.

      No offence :)

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        4 years ago, # ^ |
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        Yes, I understand your point of view

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who cares?

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Very useful blog! Thank you.

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hey, How did you praticed on leetcode . I also want to solve problems on leetcode but not able to figure out which questions are important as interview point of view. And also congratulations on your first contest on codeforces:)

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I am seeing this blog as a positive effect of the new starting rating system. With the older system, posts like these potentially can be totally opposite.

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Hey guys , I am sorry I had a question . I have recently registered in Codeforces . ( 2 weeks approximately ) and I think I am interested in programming so I like to continue as I am only 14 years old . I have only solved 23 questions and it is less than a month that I am taking classes. When do you think I can participate in the contests ?

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    3 years ago, # ^ |
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    There's a Div.2 round on 24th of this month. Participate, and see if you enjoy it!

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      Thanks for your answer I think I will participate in this contest and experience it once (: otherwise, do they have these comtests often or it is occasionally?

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        3 years ago, # ^ |
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        They have these contest quite often like 2 in a week or more than that too ..

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