/CPG/ - Competitive Programming General

I hope Holla Forums will be interested in these kinds of threads, I can think of many improvements.

CONTEST SITES:

codeforces.com
topcoder.com

hackerrank.com
hackerearth.com
codechef.com

spoj.com
uva.onlinejudge.org + uHunt: uhunt.felix-halim.net/

RESOURCES

Competitive Programming 3
drive.google.com/file/d/0ByfHhJ4UwqPKaUd4TU85VmpqNFE/view

Competitive Programmers Handbook
cses.fi/book.pdf

github.com/lnishan/awesome-competitive-programming
topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/

Solve problems starting from the most solved ones:
www.spoj.com/problems/classical/sort=6
or
codeforces.com/problemset?order=BY_SOLVED_DESC

It is fun, challenging and can greatly improve your algorithmic, optimization and general language skills.
There are numerous contests organized, with many having prizes.
Knowing Competitive Programming can greatly help you in job interviews.

Share resources, must-solve and interesting problems, language-specific tip and tricks, or whatever comes to your mind!

Tommorow is Google Code Jam round 1B, don't forget to participate if qualified.

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FUCK OFF ADVERTISE ON 4CHAN YOU FUCKING SHITS

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India wins by default when the USA fails to show up. Think about it.

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Programming just to program is boring and for autists.

Feel free to fuck off this board anytime.

lol

it's almost like coding interviews reveal little to nothing about the true skill of a programmer