To meir: LIKE+++ On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:50 AM, meir <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not about getting to the final round. > The final round is only 25 people, and there are ~12000 still competing, > out of more then 50K people registered. > Obviously the vast majority of us won't make it to the final round, that > doesn't mean we won't have fun. > I believe almost all those who make it to the final round practice > competitive programming regularly and compete year round in other events. > Practice makes perfect. > I have been competing in CodeJam since it started (missed only a couple of > years). And I come back every year with no expectation of making it to the > final, I still have fun. This year I aim to make it to round 3 which is a > hell of an achievement I!MHO yet I know I may not. There were years I > didn't make it past round 1 (usually when I didn't have proper conditions > to work in). > There is a steep drop off in skill, I expect less then 100 contestants are > really fighting for the to 25 spots. > On a good day I can be top 500, On a bad day I can fall out of top 3000 > only in dream land am I top 25. I have no problem with this, and neither > should you. > CodeJam is fun, enjoy! > > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 12:13:00 AM UTC+3, Vincent Le Quang 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/780e69fb-97ff-4c01-8dd3-8dd96ff755e3%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/CADv9SgFqPXxQn_Y09VqS6vMu8afM-sgL4%3DBe8WK8CnqLJiNUig%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
