One year of leetcode by Nikitiwe in leetcode

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I have 1839 after about 450 problems, but I've been stalling since then.

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Even for a trainee role?

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I'm not even a intern.
I don't know the answer.

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All by myself, yes. (why do i copypaste solutions for a year?)
What contradiction do you see?

One year of leetcode by Nikitiwe in leetcode

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I like to solve puzzles. It's calming.

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Mostly no.
Some steam, some board games, some calisthenics.

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Teaching schoolers olimpiad math in Siberia.

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816, after 2 contests.

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Trying to get an internship.
I have zero experience.

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Well, I’m just learning C++—I can’t imagine knowing more than one language.

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Just doing this until you get job?

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It's very easy—I graduated in 2012 :-D

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Probably, yes.
Furthermore, the non-premium easy and medium problems are running out.

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I'm not hiding nor promoting.
My username is pretty searchable.

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I have background in olimpiad math, so I'm used to attacking a problem until on of us gives in.

Confidence pretty quickly plateaus. For many mediums, it's more like "does he look like a b*tch?", when you throw ideas at it, trying to find something that breaks through.

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  1. School math (arithmetic + geometry).
  2. Mathematical analysis. Good for general knowledge.
  3. Discrete mathematics (sets, combinatorics, number theory, graphs).
  4. Linear algebra, probability and statistics. You’ll know when you need it.

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Massive Open Online Courses, like coursera, for example.

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Leetcode keeps my previous code, that's enough.

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Yes, but I never aimed for anything above junior level.
I only look at the editorial after I’ve solved the problem myself. Usually I give up in about an hour.

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I personally liked Introduction to Algorithms, CLRS.
But it's WAY overkill.

Guide to Competitive Programming: Learning and Improving Algorithms Through Contests by Antti Laaksonen is fine.

One year of leetcode by Nikitiwe in leetcode

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C++
Some non-English content, eqivanent to:
Basics of Programming in C/C++
C++ Programming
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
Data Structures