4 Reasons Why Coder Needs to Compete in Programming?

 4 Reasons Why Coder Needs to Compete in Programming?

Have you ever thought that you should join any contest/challenge? Why should someone who has studied IT or even became a programmer still participate in contests/challenges regularly? Then here is the answer for you.

1. Help practice coding skills

Unlike other professions, developers often practice more than theory. Code practice is very important so a developer should participate in regular contests/challenges by:

Get to code new codes that I may never have met

  Know how far your coding ability is

  Learn more coding skills from others in the competition

  Increase your own coding ability

2. Increase your ability to think creatively and manage time

When developers participate in contests/challenges regularly, their thinking ability to solve problems will be faster than those who don't code less because:

The cards in the competitions usually do not limit the creativity of the players. Each test will have many different solutions as well as different presentation as long as you know how to solve the problem correctly. From there, players can freely think creatively

Improve your ability, for example, a piece of code that other people code takes about 100 lines of code to solve, but when you have participated in contests/challenges many times, you only need to write about 50 lines because you have made many types of articles

In addition, the time management of developers is also improved. For example, normally at home, it can take 2-3 hours to do a piece of code, but in contests/challenges it only takes about 30 minutes for one post because of time pressure. The more active you will be, the faster you will try to complete it in accordance with the rules in the competition and at home you will not be pressured by anything. Now you can do more exercises with each word

3. Gain more experience

Going through each developer contest/challenge will have the opportunity to improve your best friend's experience as well as gain new experiences to solve different code problems and apply to your work. Each mistake in this contest will help you learn a lot of lessons so that in the future, if you have a similar situation, you can avoid and solve it better.

4. Have the opportunity to receive certificates and awards

When developers participate in competitions/challenges organized by prestigious organizations, you can receive awards as well as valuable certificates at home and abroad. Certificates are not only recognized. results of your own efforts in the competition but also help you have the opportunity to be accepted into reputable companies or study abroad scholarships.

You can add certifications to your CV when you want to apply for any company. This is like a passport to help your road to get a job easier with a higher salary than others.

5. Some outstanding contests/challenges

There are many annual competitions for IT students to challenge themselves such as ACM, Hackathon, Codewar, FPT Tech Day - Technology Arena,...

Hackathon

Hackathon is the name of a software development competition. This name is a combination of two words "hack" and "marathon". Hack just solve the problem using the most optimal method, the most effective in a short time. Marathons are just competition for rankings. Hackathons are held to find new technology ideas that can be applied in practice. This is both a useful playground for technology people, and also a place to give wings to new creative ideas.

Sometimes hackathons are also organized in schools as a special subject that gives students the opportunity to develop their ideas. Besides, this program is also organized by large companies with the aim of attracting and finding talented people to come to them.

Code War Contest

This is a programming contest organized by the Vietnam Student Association in collaboration with FPT Software Company Limited (FPT Software) with a total prize value of up to 1 billion VND. 30 excellent teams passed the preliminary round to conquer the challenge in 3 hours. The teams must write a program in a language of their choice including: C++, Java, C#, Python, JavaScript to solve 10 problems given by the Organizing Committee. The winning team is the team with the highest score in the fastest time.

Sasuke Codewar

Speaking of weekly contests, taking place on Codelearn.io, it's impossible not to mention the Sasuke Codewar contest, which has reached its 58th week with a lot of challenges for you.

Newbie Challenge

Newbie challenge is a weekly battle for newbie level 1-5 new to programming with the opportunity to participate in a fair and new battle.