Geek Quest

Competitive programming is a mind sport usually held over the Internet or a local network, involving participants trying to program according to provided specifications. Contestants are referred to as sport programmers. Competitive Programming mainly focuses on our ability to find efficient solutions to well-defined problems. Usually, a question arises - Why Competitive Programming? Many of the top tech companies like Google, Facebook hire people through a test which includes competitive programming. Also, participation in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) is a great opportunity to be seen by Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM and many other authorities in the IT sphere. These major companies are constantly keeping track of the participants to find talented employees. Having experience in competitive programming shows employers you can work in a team, solve complicated problems, work in stressful situations, manage time and deadl...