...Depending on the topic and student, this method is adjusted to meet the student's individual needs. To get my Ph.D., however, I had to analyze all of the scientific data I was acquiring, by writing programs in C. After I graduated, I ended up writing in C++ that university's acquisition/analysis software for neuroscience and genetics. (read more)
...And after a couple years, I entered USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) Platinum division in 2016 when I was a sophomore. This gave me a super strong sense of achievement, so I searched for more competitive programming contests near me and online! I then found a local competitive programming contest named HSPC held by Cal Poly Pomona, a university in California, and I won 1st place! (read more)