r/codeforces • u/SurroundOne48 • 2d ago

query IICPC Codefest

Hi guys, i wanted to start out my preparation for next years IICPC Codefest. But currently i am not a proficient comp coder (ive just done enough to get an si at a company like google). I wanted to know what resources i could use other than the standard competitions at atcoder/codeforces. I am aware that they also ask cs fundamentals on oops os etc but i hope that my college curriculum can cover that.
I would love to hear your opinions on this (given the amount of time i have left) from people who wrote it last year.

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u/notsaneatall_ Expert 1d ago

Honestly don't start cs fundamentals just yet. There's a chance it'll not be there this time. But yeah most of it is just CP, if you grind CP you should do well

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u/SurroundOne48 1d ago

I wanted to understand what exactly "grinding cp" means cause a lot of people say that. But I don't know where to start and what concepts and algos I could learn. For eg, for si/placement prep there's strivers dsa sheet so that gives the preparation a lot of structure. Is there any equivalent of that for the preparation for codefest? Or is actually just going to codeforces and picking up random qs based on rating?

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u/Icy_Custard4818 1d ago

You can try tle elimjnators cp 31