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Quora: Do Competitive Programmers Make Good Engineers?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Aug 10 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

This week’s question is sometimes controversial:

Do competitive programmers make good engineers? (answer)

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Quora: Which LeetCode Questions Will Google Ask?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Aug 3 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

If only we knew…

Which LeetCode questions will Google ask? (answer)

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Quora: What’s the Difference Between LeetCode and Competitive Programming?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jul 27 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Thinking about this terminology could avoid a lot of confusion in related questions.

What’s the difference between LeetCode and competitive programming? (answer)

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Quora: How do I Maintain a LeetCode Streak?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jul 20 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Some people think streaking is too hard:

Why is it so difficult to maintain a LeetCode streak? (answer)

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Quora: What is the Best IDE for Practicing Interview Questions?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jul 13 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

A question about tools:

What is the best IDE for practicing interview questions? (answer)

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Quora: How Do I Remember How to Solve a Problem?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jul 6 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

This question may not be specifically about programming, but there are common elements to problem-solving techniques in different areas.

I easily forget the problem process when I approach the problem the following day. What can I do to resolve this? (answer)

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Quora: Should I Practice Programming Problems by Topic?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jun 29 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Three questions in one.

How can I improve in competitive programming? Should I learn topics and solve problems on each topic? What are the topics a good competitive programmer should know? (answer)

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Quora: How do you Ace a LeetCode Contest?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jun 22 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Other than practice? Actually, it’s just practice.

How do you ace a LeetCode contest? (answer)

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Quora: How is Math Related to Algorithms and Data Structures?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jun 15 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

Algorithms and Data Structures for the math-oriented programmer.

Math is so much fun, but Data Structures and Algorithms are boring. Is this possible? What should I do? (answer)

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Quora: How Many Problems are There on LeetCode?

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Jun 8 0

Red-Green-Code Quora 2022

A better question is how many do you need.

How many problems are there on LeetCode? (answer)

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