Why focus on Competitive Programming? Here’s why!

Hello everyone!

Programming is fun, programming is an exercise for your brain, programming is a mental sport but it is also challenging. In this field, you will encounter new challenges and you may face very difficult problems.

Competitive programming has one clear goal:

“To prepare a programmer such that his/her logical ability increases and he/she is able to write code for the challenging situation.”

FAANG Companies look for excellent problem solvers who can approach any new problem, analyse and solve it in the most efficient way. If you are a beginner, the best way to start improving your problem solving skills is to start with competitive programming.And if you are a newbie programmer or you have some code before, we at Programming Pathshala bring to you some tips for competitive programming.

“Competitive Programming is neither absolutely necessary to crack top companies nor the only thing you need to work upon. There are other topics like CS Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, OOPS, LLD and System Design apart from Basic Problem Solving skills that are necessary.”

Why Competitive Programming ?

1. Gives you good practice of thinking through new problems: One needs to implement various programming concepts in the cp question, doing it regularly makes one perfect in it. As there are a myriad of competitive programming contests that are organised on sites like Codeforces, Atcoder, etc, with almost always a new problem, doing it regularly gives you practice on Problem Solving Skills.

2. Introduces many Data Structures and Algorithms: Companies check candidate’s problem-solving capabilities and it can be enhanced by doing Competitive Programming regularly. In your practice through Competitive Programming, you will encounter multiple data structures and algorithms that you can use to optimise your solutions.

3. Makes you faster and more focused: Training makes you a disciplined and focused coder, Competitive Programming teaches you to handle stressful conditions.

Programming really needs a lot of patience, so don’t get discouraged or do not give up if you get wrong answers. This is the point where most people lose interest in programming. Keep trying for a day, week, months if a voice inside your head says that your method is right. If you can’t find a solution google it, ask for help if you don’t get the topic, read the various approaches that coders took to solve the problem but don’t quit. Also, you can read the solution only if you are completely sure that you have made a lot of effort and now you can’t do anything. But make sure to code again the same problem and other problems related to the concept introduced

We, at Programming Pathshala, provide you with our Hand-crafted course ‘Renaissance’, a one stop solution for all the concepts and techniques required to get into top tech: Mastering Problem Solving, DSA, CS Fundamentals, Low Level Design, System Design, Mock Interviews and Referrals.

The guidance at Programming Pathshala gives special attention to its students. The content is precise and up to the mark. We believe in making our students confident about their skills to be better professionals in their life. If one is confident in themselves, they can certainly land into their Dream jobs. Here, we believe in the supremacy of “It’s Possible” because if you’re consistent with your preparations and feel confident about your skills, then definitely “IT IS POSSIBLE”.

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

You will start improving day by day only and only if you maintain your consistency and don’t stop.

Good luck! Keep Coding!

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