Welcome to the February Programmer of the Month edition!
This month we have a young 20 year old Rudradev Basak who is our Programmer of the Month. Rudradev has been part of CodeChef since August and surprisingly, just at the age of 20 he is already considered a great programmer. In the last 5 months, he has been in the winning 4 times already, we hope this is just the start and we have a lot to see from this great mind. On behalf of the CodeChef team, we wish him good luck for the future. Now let’s see what Rudradev has to tell us about himself.
Name: Rudradev Basak
Age: 20
Institute: IIT Delhi
User id: rudradevbasak
Brief introduction about yourself:
I am a 3rd year student doing my B.Tech. in CSE@IITD. I have always liked to solve puzzles, both mathematical and algorithmic.
How/When did you start programming?
I learnt BASIC in middle school, and a bit of Java and C++ in standards 10 and 12 respectively. I liked to code even then, and of course I did learn a lot in my first couple of year at IITD, but I was introduced to competitive programming only in around April 2010. Also I owe it to my teammates (Nikhil and Pradeep) for getting me interested in ACM ICPC in around August last year, and I have been programming a lot since then.
What do you do when you’re not programming?
Between IITD curriculum and programming, there is not much time for much else. However when I do get time, you would find me playing games, watching movies with my friends, reading fiction or playing with a Rubik’s Cube.
What do you like most about CodeChef?
The fact that the long contests really give you time to learn and try out new things. Also it has been a great platform to boost programming awareness among Indians.
How many hours a day do you program?
Depends. Can vary from zero to ten depending on my mood and how much other work I have.
If you could eat dinner with any famous person (past or present), who would it be and what dish would you have?
Am not sure about the person, but I would probably have a couple of Chicken Rolls 🙂
What is the secret to being a good programmer?
A passion for programming, a bit of hard work (but it is not really ‘hard work’ if you really have the passion), and also some inherent math and logical ability.
And sure for success in online contests you need a lot of practice.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to complete my undergraduate studies, and in the meanwhile, try to perform well at this (and also hopefully the next) ICPC World Finals. After that I may go for higher studies in CS, but I am not very sure.
Congrats man! You deserve it! 🙂
great mind………..
Great Job!!!
bravo nerd
The phrase nerd is used to depict losers trying to become genius in vain.
Great choice of job! After going through your details I beacome greate-fan of yours.
thanks buddy to sharing your details.
thnaks
Excellent Job!!!!!
You did a wonderful job! Best of luck for your future.
Good job!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulation! for your bright future……….
HEY ITS GREAT MAN! WHETHER YOU GOT IT BY PRACTICE OR INBORN???
inborn! If you dont have the inherent ability, there is no point practicing. It is better to switch to labor intensive jobs instead.
By topcoder open 2012, you should be in a position to beat the shit of the current targets in topcoder!
Congrats 🙂
hay man u are a genius. i could imagine the passion he have for programming great if i could learn some programming concepts from him
congratulations ………
hey..rudra..ur childhood frnd..manasij here..happy fr ur achivement..hope 2 touch the silver lining after the crowds
congrats for securing first rank in codesprint..
okay this guy is on the top of Facebook Hacker Cup for now… congrats.. :)…
https://www.facebook.com/hackercup/scoreboard?round=146094915502528
congrats.keep going on….!