Participate in contests

Hopefully, I have provided you with enough resources to start competing in programming competitions.

Typically, such contests last for a few hours (2-5) with about five questions in a short contest, and up to 12 or more in longer contests. The questions gradually get harder, require more data structure and algorithms knowledge, and of course practice.

Upsolve

Upsolving is a very common term among competitive programmers. Basically, the idea is this: when you participate in a contest, say you ...