My Competitive Programming Journey (and how to practice)

Here's the stuff I mentioned in the video:

This is a special video for reaching International Grandmaster on Codeforces. I'll probably do more of these for some sort of milestone special, so the best way to see more is to subscribe :)

[danielkoynov]

Damn when he said fix your sleep schedule I realized I was watching this at 1 am. I'll definitely try to work on that.

[sohammukherjee]

Congrats on IGM and 7*, en exceptional achievement at that age of yours as any sane person would reckon!
A big thank you for the explanatory videos, wishing you good luck for the future, and looking forward to learning much more from you!

[ayushvarshney]

Really impressive journey and I'm sure this will inspire many more to follow in your steps. Congrats on IGM and 7 star (in such a short time too) and I wish you all the best for the future!

[ankitpandey]

Well you cleared doubts of thousands of students in a mere 28 minutes of time. Thanks a lot, Colin.

[denjellboone]

Nice video Colin. I think it is good to see that the way was not as easy as it seemed when looking at your ratings. I personally liked the part on how you coped with failure the most. Respect on putting in this much effort in your early years. I spend my highschool time on a lot of really useless stuff :-)

[vishalchaurasia]

Your Journey to Competitive Programming is quiet motivating 😚😚. You work hard to get what you want.

[qlf_]

colin orz
legit though this is a really good video that I think will help cpers of all levels improve :)
(congrats on IGM!)

[svcb]

You should definitely consider doing more videos like this. Thank you for this and congrats on getting to IGM.

[stretch]

Only getting the test case is a real vibe, love it.

[dineshbs]

Wow, thats great Colin. Congrats on the IGM!

[OscarRendon]

Loved this kind of content, really honest and encouraging! 💪
Not too much is being said about ranking stress, failures, and discouraging contest results. Usually, red coders seem like ppl from another world with just higher IQ, and it might be true for some, but can also be a mindset trap to avoid keep trying after failure!

[achintyaeeshan]

Amazing video Colin, waiting for this since so long

[anmol_tomer]

Really great advice, I think sleeping schedule thing was my favourite, because I noticed that as well, due to lockdown we have online classes so I get more time to sleep and these days I really feel great while giving a contest when I've had proper sleep. Please continue to make videos like these. Really great content. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[abhaypatil]

18 hours and already the most watched video on your channel

[chandanagrawal]

Congrats 🎊, u always help me even in some very dumb questions really thankful and inspirational.❤️🙏

[_saranyamaity]

0:56 you have right to make this video because you are one of the legends who has proved himself to be worthy of giving knowledge <3

[kevinmiao]

Thanks, Colin. your video really helps me fix my concerns about competitive programming. Keep up the good work!

[sobieso]

orz ur my biggest inspiration ily kekw

[danielwu]

Dang, I'm going to need to do a lot more ;gitgud.

[peihu]

thank you @Colin Galen this helped very much, I will continue on with usaco and be a better CPer!!! :)