Sunday, February 17, 2019

Art of Time Management | Achieving Multiple Things in Life

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Hey Guys!

Its me Rachit after a long time! 

After 1700+ upvotes on Quora, I finally created a video on Time Management and Achieving Multiple Things in Life. 

Pinned Answer 
How did you manage competitive programming with 
development and projects in your undergrad? 
Rachit Jain, Software Engineer at Microsoft (2017-present) 
Answered Dec 12, 2017 • Upvoted by Bhavik Dhandhalya, Hacker, Problem Setter on 
SPOJ & HackerEarth, ACM ICPC 2016 Participant 
I am rachitjain on Codeforces, rachitiitr on Codechef. With all due respect to 
Satyaki, I found his answer did not include the multiple aspects of a practical life. 
Eg: "8 hours of lecture", we all ... (more) 
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YouTube Video is out, so head on to YouTube to watch it.

YouTube Video: here


You can watch the video, and here are few important points worth mentioning:
  • When to study for your branch 
    • 10-14 days before mid terms, end terms 
    • If not doing CP in class, I would actually try to understand what's going on 
    • Upsolving helps pick up new things faster 
    • Connecting dots 
      • Whats the syllabus 
      • Build a story 
      • Ok three types of motors, for every motor the principle behind its function 
      • Their characterstic curves, different use scenarios 
    • Intuition about what's more important 
      • Study in priority 
      • Talking to profs  about some xyz topic 
      • Ask friends who regularly go to class 
    • See tutorial/assignment solutions – solve by tihnking and seeing 
    • Art of writing answers – keep in mind that even a comman man should be able to understand this 


  • How to time-manage Competitive Programming 
    • Utilizing the gaps 
      • Eating alone in mess/canteen 
      • Walking / Riding bicycle to the Lecture hall 
      • During the lecture itself 
      • While taking showers – works like a charm 
      • Retrospection  
      • Fitness – two different personalities 

  • When to do Development 
    • In span of months  
    • HTML, CSS, JavaScript – w3schools [2 weeks] 
    • Django REST APIs [3 weeks]  
    • Database [1 week] 
    • Project like timetable app 
      • API to login, load timetable, edit timetable, save timetable 


  • When to do Machine Learning 
    • Preferred in 3rd year, 4th year 
    • BTech project, etc 

Art of Time Management | Achieving Multiple Things in Life

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