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AMA?
By Injured, history, 10 months ago, In English

I mean everyone likes to ask questions from talented guys but i saw everyone is posting AMAs so if you wanted to ask anything from an ordinary lucky "specialist?", feel free. and if no one asked anything i will act nothing ever happened. So, AMA

edit : Not Anymore :D

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Good job accepting the fact that you're just a lucky special ✓

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    It isn't so lucky if he/she is specialist for four contests already.

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    I don't think he is lucky , ranking 87th in a div-2 contest isn't a joke and it doesn't happen by accident

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How much practice you do daily?

Are you good at math?

Your future goals?

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    something around 10 hours a week more or less. I am not very good at math but I know in Discrete mathematics kinda well (since it comes handy in these things like CF). and not really planning for anything like rating or expert or... but I like to improve my programming so if it means participating in contest I will do it. if u look at my contests I had some horrible ones and some good ones too.

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are you early bird or night owl?

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    not really any of them. except if you count waking up at 7am an early bird

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how old are you? Background before CP, and what introduced you to CP

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    16 . I haven't done anything before CP. just doing small projects with python, but I always liked to solve questions and when I started to compete for INOI (Iranian National Olympiad in Informatics) I started CP. it was around a year ago. kinda the same time I registered my account.

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Did you replace ID with a master for this contest?

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    no mate. I did it on my own

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      Just Kidding! I am already familiar with the teachings of the Allame Helli schools in Iran (as one of my teachers is from there) so no doubt on your knowledge. BTW, good luck in future contests (and becoming expert too ;) )

      BTW, just curious to know the story of your pfp.

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        really? actually I am suprised. I didn't know there are Iranian teachers in south Korea. good to know. and Thanks. Wishing you good luck as well.

        my profile pic is actually the last poster for Ted Lasso series. I liked it so much and when it ended, I was kinda sad and this was the last poster and I find it good. I didn't have any pfp at that time so I taught it's good idea to put it as my CF profile.

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are you a girl? if not why not?

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    are you dumb? if not why not?

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    no. I identify as an ananas. it means pineapple in Persian

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      pineapple is called ananas in hindi

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        pineapple is called ananas in most languages except English (including Persian and Hindi).

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      Bro wants to get eaten.

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        Do you have any problem with me being an ananas mate?

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          Yes I think Moz is better

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            we are in the 21st century and some people have problem with me being whatever I want to be. such a shame

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              I guess you have to wait until the 22nd century.

              Edit: Did I say something bad? Why people are downvoting?

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Give me one single advice to reach specialist :)

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    don't care about your rating but always participate in all contests. and always upsolve.

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      now I see I gave 2 advices. but they are important

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        Thank you

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        Participating every single contest is a bad advice, man. People are not always in the mood/condition.

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          No no I didn't mean it that way. Ok maybe I said it bad, I apologize. I meant don't care about your rating. For example if you always get negative delta on div.4 don't say I am not going to participate in div.4 contests. I didn't mean to participate in every contest in any situation.

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    You resemble me quite a lot

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    actually, I am surprised cuz normally I should ask such a question from a person like you. but the best I can say (as I have told someone else in the previous comments) always upsolve contests. that's the most important thing. and if you put something like 1 hour and half or 2 hours and you couldn't solve it get hints and help from tutorial (if you didn't understand or there wasn't any tutorials see small parts of other people who solve the problem)

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Can you anylyze my profile?(please)

What i m lacking to reach even pupil?

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    love your profile mate.

    and about what you said I checked your contests (and analyzed the problems you have solved). you have solved too many problems with different tags like binary, dfs and etc(which is pretty good), but in the contests you only solve implementations (like a and b problems in div.2 contests). I guess you should try solving contest problems with algorithms. if you want my advice, I'd say give virtual contests (better to be educational rounds) and upsolve them. also solve 1600, 1700 problems when you are not giving contests.

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      Thanks for ur valuable suggestions!! I will start solve more complex algorithmic probelm (1500-1700 rated)

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Can you share some of your hobbies outside of Competitive programming?

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    well, these days I am mostly studying cuz I want to compete in INOI, so I don't have much free time. but usually, I love playing and watching Football (I like all sports but for me, football is something else), gaming, watching movies and series. and doing digital artworks.

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      Wow! Quite a lot of things. What is/are your Favorite football playing countries and clubs?

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        I support esteghlal(Iranian team) and Barcelona. and ofc Iranian national team (Team Melli).

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          I like Barcelona too. But I don't watch football that much.

          I would love to hear some of the best memories in your competitive programming journey.

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            I hadn't been into CP for long time, but I got one amazing memory which I got ac in this problem. it was in the contest and when I accepted it, I became the 80th person in the contest. it was such an amazing feeling. one contest before I was newbie and after two contests, I became specialist. I don't think I am going to forget this one for some time.

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              May you be blessed with such amazing feeling more often in your journey.

              I have asked quite a lot of things already. Is it okay to ask some more?

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How are you practicing CP? are you just solving randomly or learning new stuff or just participating in contests? what is your goal? What are the steps you are taking to reach that goal? How are you planning to improve yourself? I havent been practicing much lately, is there any sort of idea you can give me which will/may help me retain my motivation to be consistent?

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    You know for me CP is not the goal. It is the tool to improve my skill in problem solving. But I casually learn new things and practice them. And I suggest you to do what you like to do. If it is cp, then do it. But if you are tired or frustrated, (cuz that happens to me alot) take your time to rest and set small goals for yourself

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Hi. Could u suggest the resources u have used for improve mathematics for cp?

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    Actually I learned most of them from teachers. But I saw this guy's blogs are pretty good. Also you can use chat gpt or bing ai to teach you somethings. They are pretty good teachers.

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    also, I have another good source, but it is Persian. if you are okay with translating it, I can give you the link.

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I've a motto "Discover the allure of the unknown, listen to the seductive whispers" . Although "Not seductive" but you never know who has what to offer. So here are my questions: 1. If i were eagerly wanting to be 1500+ what topics would you suggest? 2. How about 1600+ ? 3. How much effort do u think its necessary to get used to dp (The more generalized ones) in .. say like 1 month?

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    I may not be the best person for the first two questions. Cuz I don't care about the rating that much. I just give contests and try to solve problems. But for the third one I must say it may be the most frustrating thing but it is also a great one. If you constantly try to solve dp tagged questions for about a month I can say that you are going to be pretty good at it. But being pretty good doesn't mean you can solve everything, i mean it is dp after all

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Do you think recently in div-2 contests the problems are becoming harder than the previous years? If you think so, what do you suggest for people like me to learn or practice to improve more?

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    yeah, actually I feel it has become harder too but I am not sure.

    and I think you should start learning new algorithms and practicing them to master that skill. them proceed to the next algorithm.

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Was you born in 2007 year?

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What's the best way to learn and practice DP?

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    Learning the basics of DP from some online sources. Solving dp tagged question for sometime until you master it. But I must say that dp might be the most frustrating algorithm although it is kinda simple

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      Thank you, you just gave me the idea of solving the things I am worst at. Thank you this was helpful

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bro I didnt know AMA means 'Ask Me Anything' till now

thought it was used to act cutely lol

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What is your codeforces id password ?

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Is my profile normal?

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    you are doing fine, I think. but I guess you should start solving problems with higher rating as practice and learn new algorithms. overall, you are doing fine but for improving, that is my suggestion.

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      I am solving 1200 1300s are they too low?

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        They are not low but looking at your stats I think you are fine with 1200. I believe it is better for you to start 1500. But if you think you still struggle with 1300, then don't move to 1500. Wait a little more and then start solving 1500

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How to rank 87th in a div 2 round?

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Auto comment: topic has been updated by Injured (previous revision, new revision, compare).

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suka blade

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