Hello , i just wanna ask that what and how all coders expert or above think when they see a problem , yesterday one told me that it is different when you reach a certain level . so all i wanna know is how to bring that shift as i am practicing 1600 right now but not able to think in that way , even after reading the editorial i am not able to digest that way of approaching the problem , so if any one of you knows something please tell me it'll surely help me.
Thankyou.
one of my chinese expert friend told me "LEARN AS MUCH ALGORITHM AS YOU CAN, MAKE NOTES OF ALL ALGORITHMS MEMORIZE IT TO YOUR HEART CONTENT AND KEEP GIVING AS MANY CONTEST AS YOU CAN"
i mentioned chinese because different countries have different programs and this may not represent method which people from other countries followed to become an expert.
If you can't do it with editorial, then you're trying something too hard. In my opinion, you should be able to solve 30-50% of questions of the rating you are doing without editorial (at least this is what I aim for).
You should definitely be able to understand editorials for the rating you are practising though, or if they're badly worded try get an AI to explain them to you as you can ask questions and gain a better understanding.
TL;DR try a lower rating for now, you're aiming too high, only go up to 1600 when you're comfortable with 1500s and 1400s along with their basic algos — Binary Search, DP, BFS/DFS, idk what else rlly at that rating