Hi there, thanks for visiting! My name is Harry, and I am a Computer Science major in Purdue University. And I am super passionate about competitive programming!
I began competitive programming using C++ when I was in middle school. Although there weren’t many competitive programmers around my town, I managed to learn about lots of algorithms and data structures online. And after a couple years, I entered USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) Platinum division in 2016 when I was a sophomore. This...
Hi there, thanks for visiting! My name is Harry, and I am a Computer Science major in Purdue University. And I am super passionate about competitive programming!
I began competitive programming using C++ when I was in middle school. Although there weren’t many competitive programmers around my town, I managed to learn about lots of algorithms and data structures online. And after a couple years, I entered USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) Platinum division in 2016 when I was a sophomore. This gave me a super strong sense of achievement, so I searched for more competitive programming contests near me and online!
I then found a local competitive programming contest named HSPC held by Cal Poly Pomona, a university in California, and I won 1st place! After that, I was qualified in Google Code Jam and Facebook Hacker Cup, which are online competitive programming contests hosted by Google and Facebook. And before graduating high school, I built a competitive programming club in order to teach students in my school about USACO. I led my students to win prizes on the HSPC contests held by Cal Poly Pomona.
After graduating high school and moving to Purdue University, I was no longer alone! In my university, I met many skilled competitive programming classmates and teachers. Therefore, I represented my Purdue University and entered ACM-ICPC, the biggest international competitive programming contest for college students, and won 2nd place in North America East Central Cincinnati!
I can relate how hard it can be to improve your competitive programming skills sometimes. When you feel like your skills aren't improving, you might need someone to point you to the right direction to speed up your learning process. So I will work diligently to answer all the questions and concerns you might have about competitive programming!
Well, that's about it for me! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you so much for reading!
