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What I did last year was pick a language I had used before but wanted to brush up on, and that seemed to work out pretty well! I think the folks who make the leaderboard usually use languages they're pretty fluent with, though, so it depends on what your goals are, haha. Some of the days are really hard, as a heads-up—the first couple are usually pretty easy and then it starts to ramp up.
If you try a new or new-ish language, there's also a subreddit for the challenges, and people will post their solutions in the day thread, so if you get stuck you'll almost certainly have a reference for how to solve the puzzle unless you're working in something incredibly obscure—people do it in a lot of languages.
What I did last year was pick a language I had used before but wanted to brush up on, and that seemed to work out pretty well!
Good strategy! Not too little, not too much :)
I think the folks who make the leaderboard usually use languages they're pretty fluent with, though, so it depends on what your goals are, haha.
Yeah, I guess so too. Unless they are super fast learners. But it make sense, if you're in it to compete at the highest level, you want to have a head start using something you already know well.
I think I'll follow your strategy. I just have to decide which language :D
If you try a new or new-ish language, there's also a subreddit for the challenges, and people will post their solutions in the day thread, so if you get stuck you'll almost certainly have a reference for how to solve the puzzle unless you're working in something incredibly obscure—people do it in a lot of languages.
Great :) I've registered to the website, I'll probably have to choose a language and then I'll try a few examples from the previous years.
Thank you, Carly
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What I did last year was pick a language I had used before but wanted to brush up on, and that seemed to work out pretty well! I think the folks who make the leaderboard usually use languages they're pretty fluent with, though, so it depends on what your goals are, haha. Some of the days are really hard, as a heads-up—the first couple are usually pretty easy and then it starts to ramp up.
If you try a new or new-ish language, there's also a subreddit for the challenges, and people will post their solutions in the day thread, so if you get stuck you'll almost certainly have a reference for how to solve the puzzle unless you're working in something incredibly obscure—people do it in a lot of languages.
Good strategy! Not too little, not too much :)
Yeah, I guess so too. Unless they are super fast learners. But it make sense, if you're in it to compete at the highest level, you want to have a head start using something you already know well.
I think I'll follow your strategy. I just have to decide which language :D
Great :) I've registered to the website, I'll probably have to choose a language and then I'll try a few examples from the previous years.
Thank you, Carly