I Did 'Advent of Code' and Here is What I Learned

SoCal RUG - June 2022 Meetup

** Abstract **

Many of us like puzzles. Wrestling with simple-to-understand questions, with tricky-to-find-solutions gives you a special type of bliss when you finally crack it. “Advent of Code” has been going for 7 years, challenging over 200,000 people with 25 days of action-packed programming puzzles. Participating in these events taught Emil a lot about himself, his motivations, and his tool of choice, R.

This talk will pull back the curtain on a collective journey of learning. A series of elf-inspired tasks provides a challenge for all ages, skill levels, and languages. Tweeting, Slacking, and Discording with the extended R community, bringing people together to share, learn and send memes. A unique opportunity to learn something new; a different programming language, a new set of packages, or simply going as fast as possible to the horror of all style guides. Emil hopes to introduce you to a unique learning experience that will bring you as much enjoyment as it has done for him.

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**Bio**

Emil Hvitfeldt is a Software Engineer at RStudio PBC, teaching adjunct professor at American University, and co-author of Supervised Machine Learning for Text Analysis in R with Julia Silge. His interests include developing tools for natural language processing, machine learning using tidymodels, education, and the use of colors in data visualizations.

**SoCal R Users Group**