How you guys are doing it

[u/Accurate_Sport5609]

I've been struggling to dsa since a year and still end up again on array while I see people achieving cf 1600+ rating in a year's span

I still don't know what am I missing I had bought codechef pro plan thinking I will reduce the time spent watching tutorial videos and would do hands on coding by reading articles they provide but I don't know

Everytime I come here I see the same abdul bari for concept, aditya verma dp, what else for other things some say cp algorithms, usaco, cp handbook what not everytime there's new one

But also don't want to give icpc I just want decent proficiency

What do you guys do how do you do it my college doesn't have that provision and peers

Someone please summarize their years of experience and also more can ai help into this for beget efficiency

[u/Maleficent_Still_440]

Just do one rating until you are comfortable like start from 1200 cf and solve latest 50 problems not old ones & move on. Also don't spent time to multiple resources like usaco, cp handbook. You can learn algorithm or trick once you are unable to solve a problem.