Second silver medal on hackerrank

May 29, 2017

Introduction

It is a nice and long journey for Julia to win a silver medal on world codesprint 11. Julia spent over hours to work on first 5 algorithms and she enjoyed the contest. Now it is 11:20 pm, Julia chose her tonight study topic is about "How to play smart on Hackerrank contest?". She did one study on a top player who scored 189, almost double score Julia made (90), also the player won a silver medal.

Here are some facts:

1. Need more hours to work on the expert level algorithms
2. Do not plan very well. Instead of staying up to 3 am, Julia should go to bed early and work from 6 am - 9 am. Early morning hours is blessing used for work.

Bible verse shares the secret to get up early and work hard.

Read the article "6 Reasons Why Staying Up Late Can Be Toxic for Your Health", things to consider with negative influence: bad eating habits, not enough sleep, immune system to get weak, melatonin production can be affected, prone to negative thoughts & anxiety, risk for sleep disorders, a bad habit & insomnia.

3. Need to work on long term, work on expert level algorithm. Take 30 minutes a time for each expert level algorithm. Take some risk not to score anything.

Silver medal talk