Some Musings on Informatics Olympiad Training | errorgorn’s blog
The links in this blog post is split into two types. In-line links like this are links that are not important while links like [ 𝑥 ] are important and you might want to read a few of them if you have time. Some time ago, I was made aware of the NUS module ALS1010 - Learning to Learn Better which led me into kind of a rabbithole of researching on how to learn better. Over the years, many high profile competitive programmers have written their ideas on how to train for competitive programming. See [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] along with the age-old quote “solve more problems”. So here is my version. Since, I was going to be doing informatics olympiad training stuff after finishing National Service, I guess it is a good time to write down what I think about this topic. This is the advice that I wish I could give to my younger self. I don’t think it is a big secret that I dedicated at least the last 3 years of my high school life for the sake for informatics olympiad. My
Share on: The links in this blog post is split into two types. In-line links like this are links that are not important while links like $[x]$ are important and you might want to read a few of them if you have time. Some time ago, I was made aware of the NUS module ALS1010 - Learning to Learn Better which led me into kind of a rabbithole of researching on how to learn better. Over the years, many high profile competitive programmers have written their ideas on how to train for competitive programming. See $[1]$, $[2]$, $[3]$, $[4]$, $[5]$ along with the age-old quote “solve more problems”. So
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