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The Ultimate Guide for the ICPC
Resources to prepare yourself for the The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) or any competitive programming contest
What is the ICPC?
“The ICPC, the ‘International Collegiate Programming Contest,’ is an extra-curricular, competitive programming sport for students at universities around the world. ICPC competitions provide gifted students opportunities to interact, demonstrate, and improve their teamwork, programming, and problem-solving process. The ICPC is a global platform for academia, industry, and community to shine the spotlight on and raise the aspirations of the next generation of computing professionals as they pursue excellence.” — Wikipedia
Disclaimer
I’m by no mean a top coder or a world finalist. I just wanted to share the resources I found helpful, and if you follow them, hopefully, you will be an ICPC world finalist.
Introduction
I really like competitive programming, and I really want to be someone like Gennady Korotkevich. He is truly a living legend in the field of competitive programming.
Anyways, let’s get into the details …
The Steps to be a Good Competitive Programmer
It’s really simple: There are no tricks and there’s no short way … all you need is dedication and a goal, and you are all set.
First, you will need to be familiar with at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Java, C, or C++.
Secondly, you will need to study all of the different topics about data structures and algorithms.
Finally, do a lot of problems … a lot!
Topics
These are the main topics that should be done thoroughly.
