I have been an programmer my whole life, and it is my passion. I have done many problems, I've helped a lot to other coders, and I've made contests online constest in topcoder, codeforces a lot of times. On top of all of this, I surround myself with other contesters as friends. Sadly, I recently did some thinking and learned that I am a bad programming contester. A very bad programming contester; I can't do a lot of DP problems, I can't remember the algorithms during the contests, I can't solve a lot of of the easy math problems, I can't think against the time very well, I can't solve the problems which had similar ideas to the problems that I solved already. I know what makes a good programming contester, and I've studied algorithm problems and maths for years, but for some reason, I just can't code to save my life, even though I love it with that life.
My question to you all is this, even though I love to solve problems more than anything else in the world, should I just give up on it? I am not getting anything out of it, and there are no chances around me to learn anything and improve, so should I forget it and find a new passion? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
