Hello everyone.
I recently started taking competitive programming seriously and I really want to improve on Codeforces. Right now, I am practicing regularly, learning problem-solving, and trying to build strong fundamentals.
Currently I am focusing on:
implementation greedy math basic data structures improving contest performance
But sometimes I feel confused about:
how to practice efficiently how to analyze contests properly when to move to harder topics how stronger coders think during problems
So I wanted to ask experienced programmers here:
What helped you improve the most in CP? How many problems should a beginner solve daily? Is it better to focus more on contests or topic-wise practice? How do you upsolve effectively after contests? Any advice for someone aiming to become Specialist/Expert?
I would also appreciate:
useful blogs problem lists YouTube channels practice strategies mindset advice
I am ready to work hard and improve consistently.
Thank you :)
search for something called codeforces
ladders... they help you practice in a structured waykeep taking part in contests
also for CP you can learn topics in incremental way based on your rank.. so you don't need to learn all intermediate / advanced topic at once,
laddersexposes you to these topics one by one, so it helps in that as well. NOTE: this is not true for interviews where question can come from anywherefor beginners i recommend the CP 31 list from TLE Eliminators, it really helped me a lot.