Success doesn't come easy. But I have one word for you "Practise". Compact codes are written as a result of
1) Understanding the problem statement thoroughly 2) Having a clarity of idea for solution 3) Mastery of intended language. The seasoned programmers and toppers will tell you that they don't care if they end in the finals or not, it is the journey to the top that makes it interesting. Enjoy your CodeJam experience as long as you can - by competing in it or practising for it. Cheers! On 14 Apr 2015 17:12, "Vincent Le Quang" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there, this is just a curious question. What do you guys feel about > your own chances in this contest? > Personally, I did ok reaching the next round, but my ranking isn't at the > top. Out of curiosity I looked at some of the most compact entries on > http://www.go-hero.net/jam/15. > > I was so surprised how people can solve in 10 lines of code, something > that I had to spend more than a 100 lines on. > Ok I used JavaScript, but still, a good compact algorithm should work with > any language. > When I think how much I struggle on every problems, and think that some > people out there who just breezed through them in an hour or two, I don't > get much confidence about my chances. > > I'm still planning to try to reach as far as possible, but I don't have > much hope of reaching the last round. Are you guys have a more optimistic > about your chances? Is there anyone here who ended up reaching the final > round of past contests, despite doing averagely from the beginning? > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/32ea75b1-f309-4333-b9dd-ca5c47eb4207%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAEkCMyZgYk5xbYp5S_CCC%2BacEY9NHAApnpk9ip%2B1hNRuo5Ld3g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
