Do You Want to Go to College? Are You Good At Writing Codeforces Rounds?

If so, then read on ahead! You will learn how quick and easy it is to go to college with the help of Codeforces!

College is Expensive.

The cost of MIT, a prestigious American university, is 53,790 USD per year. Even though scholarship is usually available, the average American student ends college with 37,000 USD in student debt! [Source] Student loan is also very pricey, with the average loan charging 5.8% interest per year. [Source]

However, Codeforces pays its problem setters big money! For a combined, Div 1+2 round, you can earn an average of approximately 400 USD. [Source]

Time Breakdown To Make a Round

Per Problem:

• 5hr to create idea, propose statement and solution, discuss with coordinator

• 1hr to write and revise statement, pictures, notes section

• 1hr to write and revise tutorial

• 1hr to write validator, checker, validator tests, checker tests

• 2hr to write model, alternative, and fake solutions

• 3hr to write generators for actually good test cases

• 2hr to make unexpected edits, changes from tester feedback

Per Contest:

• 8 problems per div1+div2 round.

• 50hr to come up with problem ideas that get rejected by coordinator.

• 30hr to discuss feedback with testers and coordinator, create announcement, editorial blog, answer clarifications during round, and any miscellaneous work.

Total Time To Write a Complete Round: 200 hours Assuming you work full time just problem setting (40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year), you should be able to write 10 high quality rounds a year!

Yearly Profit From Writing Codeforces Rounds: 4000 USD

How long will it take to pay off your student loan? Well, just run this quick python program to find out!

debt = 37000
year = 0
while debt > 0:
    interest = 0.058*debt
    debt -= (4000-interest)
    year += 1
print(year) #we get an answer of 14!

Conclusion: It Will Take 14 Years to Pay Off Student Loan Debt Via Codeforces

This of course assumes that you don't have to pay any other expenses, and problemset as a full time job. On the bright side, imagine what your rating would be after those 14 years...

Warning: This is satire. Please don't actually write 140 Codeforces rounds to pay for college. Unless you want top contributor spot.