Truth, Computing and Fail

That is something which has been playing at the back of my mind for the past couple of days.

Google Code Jam Round 2 is on 26th Sept, 21:30 IST, right on the day PyCon India starts. In theory I can attend the 1st day of PyCon and compete in GCJ as well at night. But there are a few small things that have been bugging me like the possibility of being dead tired at the end of the day, lack of a decent internet connection etc.

Advancing to round 3 of GCJ would require me to be placed within the top 500 of the 3000 competitors. Effectively I have about 5-6 days in total to prepare for it, excluding the useless exams in between and a ~500 rank isn’t asking for too much. This is one of the reasons that I’m inclined to stay back instead of taking on a 10 hour long overnight bus journey coupled with running around the city for a whole day.

If you are reading this, put in a few words of wisdom (considering you have them at your disposal).