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How to Practice for Code Challenges

Michael Chrupcala on March 01, 2021

Introduction You are given coins of different values and a total amount of money amount. Write a function to compute the fewest number ...
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This was absolutely helpful for me as a young engineer. I’ve been struggling with finding a solution to help improve myself daily when it comes to solving complex issues. I didn’t create an account on leet and I also have an account on codewars as well. The UPER method seems a legit way to get started for me so thank you for sharing. I have my notebook and I’ll definitely follow the steps I should do daily when trying to solve these coding challenges. Great post!

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Michael Chrupcala

Oh awesome that makes me so happy to hear that! Thanks a lot I'm glad it helped- tbh I should write a follow-up all about UPER and how I solve one challenge in-depth. Does that sound like a post that would help you out?

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Andrea Gonzales

Hi, thanks for writing this! I've been going on and off when it comes to solving coding challenges as I'm struggling with my confidence whenever I fail to find a solution 😅 This helped me realize that learning is more important, and that I will improve if I'm consistent. Will surely follow the advices and steps stated in this post!

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Michael Chrupcala

I totally feel that, they're pretty intimidating at first. But the more time you spend with them (pass or no), the faster you'll level-up in experience & confidence. Good luck!

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Andrew Baisden

Very useful info, repetition and practice is the way to improve.

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Lakshya Singh

When I saw that 63% I knew I have to solve it in one go :)

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Michael Chrupcala

Niiiiiice!

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Pawan Pawar

Well Explained!

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Htoo Aung

Very helpful.

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Doug

Is there ANY evidence that leet code crammers make better developers? I thought not.

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YC John

I'm not sure if it will help me to be a better programmer. But at least, it helps me to get a job. I guess other people do for the same reason mostly.