Do you ever get that feeling of inmense pride or just happiness after succesfully solving a problem you tought was really hard and actually tested your skills, motivating you to continue down this path of trying everyday to get a little better than the day before at Competitive Programming?
For example, today I got stumbled by this round's problem B. I didn't know how to approach it, until after brainstorming ideas, I settled on making the array divisible by $$$k+1$$$ using $$$k \equiv -1 \pmod{k+1}$$$. This single observation made my day and I want to keep making these kind of ideas in the future. So I keep doing problems everyday for the fun of it.
Or is it just me?
Yes, but only for Project Euler problems because they have no time limit. I usually take several days to solve because I am slow but persistent. I don't care about doing it fast, which means I will never get a higher rating in competition programming.
Yes , it is just you.
You felt accomplished for solving a Div2 B with a rating below 500. I solved my first Div2 B in a contest when I was already above 1000, and I didn’t feel anything. Usually, you only feel that way when you achieve something far beyond your current skill level, which is rare.
orz
no please stop acting like that
orz
I always go back after solving a problem to clean up my solutions. I feel accomplished if I can write code that is efficient and understandable.
One of the feelings I love is coming back to a problem I used to be unable to solve and being able to quickly figure out a solution, proves that I'm actually improving
Agree. It was a nice problem.
Yes.That's why I keep going with competitive programming haha:) I Believe you'll go far in competitive programming!
been doing CP for long, still relate maxxx.