I remember doing a min-max checkers AI in uni. That was really fun to work on.

@Grumpy Ah, okay. I've seen some Project Euler solutions written in x86 which have piqued my interest in learning assembler.

@Grumpy Oh, really? That's really cool! I assume you just check the sign bit of the result?

I remember one early lesson had me find out which of two numbers was smaller.

My solution was to subtract one from the other, and check if the result was positive or negative (or zero).

When I think of that, I wonder how I ever got not only a degree, but a job.

We use it for web stuff, I wasn't aware of CodeRush (I haven't worked there long.)

I'll check it out tomorrow.

A single project. I'm inclined to blame DevExpress, the plugin (?) we use, but I can't be sure.

I'm glad it's at least not a universal thing. But I'm struggling with it, so I'm taking more time to think about what I want to code before writing it. So maybe it's for the best if it encourages good practises like thinking before typing. 😝

@GinjaNinja Yup. We upgraded from 2010 recently, and I hoped the problem would be solved. I was mistaken.

An addendum to point 5: "Done is better than perfect."
Something I should try to take heed of more often.

@dubniumaus I started with C++, but decided that Python would be useful for problems involving large numbers. Although I might still try to solve the ones I solve with Python on C++, as I find it more challenging, and consequently more interesting.

The no pants options are on the far right, as I recall.

Edit: Never mind, they're shorts. My bad.

@willol Ah, CodinGame I also enjoy. When I have the time, I want to sit down and try to tackle Nintendo's cryptography challenge. Should be fun. 😁

I remember I had a few IT classes in Year 3 (I was about 8-9) where we learned LOGO, which was pretty fun. Telling a turtle to make a torus (not that I knew what a torus was then) was pretty fun.

After that, I really started to learn programming when I wanted to work for a company that made a Flash game I loved. (Adventure Quest was the game) After struggling with ActionScript 2 for a while (I was about 12-13), I decided I wanted to become a games programmer.

Then I took Computing, Maths and Physics in college, and went on to get a degree in Games Programming.

And now I do web development. 😝

Ooh, I didn't know about HackerRank. I'll check it out.

Also, I just solved my 34th problem, when I begrudgingly switched to Python instead of C++. 😝

You should! Some of the later problems can be difficult to wrap your head around (I've not even attempted the more difficult ones after reading them) but it's so satisfying when it finally falls into place!

Ooh, where did you get it from? I've been thinking of getting a new coffee mug.

Thankfully I have technical friends, but I can definitely relate to this when I'm getting excited about maths, and I see my friend's eyes glaze over. 😲

Amen to that. Watched it happen at work and vowed to never do it myself.