Interview with a Competitive Programmer

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[@rajesha9842]

I am not even qualified to watch this interview

[@saedyousef]

Rajesh A 😂😂

[@MusikDenTV]

hahahahaha

[@Hgh38]

Same

[@nevinkuser9892]

hahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@denistereshchenko2505]

TechLead reference?

[@jeeperscreepers514]

He is the alph male of programmers. The way he answers Joma's question is very systematic.

[@lordswaggity1213]

Wouldn't that be the 5 time champ and not him?

[@GodsNode]

He has programmed his brain to use machine learning and algorithms to find the most optimal answer.

[@mrjean9376]

@@GodsNode adaboost inside his neuron

[@blehmeh8909]

His parents used LaTex condoms

[@blehmeh8909]

I’m sorry.

[@ashishshrma]

everything was fun and games until he said he was 24, im 24, can't reverse a linked list :cries in 0(n^3):

[@UnicycleSoul]

I mean.. that's a feat on its own xd

[@jomakaze]

Lmao

[@nicolareiman9687]

Big Cry notation. Cry(n^n)

[@TheMagnetShow]

lmfao

[@pradipta9345]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@vivekpal1004]

You can tell he has very high analytical skills just by seeing how he answers every question. I'm a fan now.

[@tonyarteaga5834]

I love that Errichto is so humble. When he said that about the money of the price you can realize the kind of person who really is, he loves what he's doing and he's really a motivation.

[@alihamdar5916]

I don't think he's humble just normal he knows how good he is and that's it

[@realagentpenguin]

@@alihamdar5916 but people who are that good generally behave different.

[@alihamdar5916]

@@realagentpenguin not really when he was young he wasn't humble there was a master at codeforces criticizing somethings and errichto told him reach red then speak (and he reached red after a while) but that doesn't sound he is humble like is a master too stupid to criticize something? But he isn't stupid to talk like he's the best in the world he just knows that he is really good and one of the best but there are people that are better than him so for me 0 humble just realistic person

[@realagentpenguin]

@@alihamdar5916 Ouch! I didn't know about this incident!

[@indrit66]

@@alihamdar5916 thats like a master player teaching a challenger player in league of legends, they are levels apart from each other

[@abdessamadbouhlal8924]

Solving hard algorithm problems is pretty much like going to the gym to build muscle except the muscle you working is Brain , this guy is no joke .

[@missionpupa]

Thats the thing about algorithms its actually the computer that do the job for you. All you need is to figure out how it will make sense to the machine.

[@bestproductable]

عبدو رك كازاوي؟

[@abdessamadbouhlal8924]

@@bestproductable Hahahahahaha Non khuya de Rabat

[@skepticmoderate5790]

@@missionpupa Building the algorithm and making sure it is correct and optimal in time and space complexity is still very hard.

[@loveutube04]

He is a steroid junkie

[@fernandom8495]

usd 10.000 for best programmers in thw world vs 3 million dollar fortnite champion

[@oludavidgbadebo5357]

Also these programmers could get jobs that pay a lot and that provide job security for years. Not sure what kinda jobs fortnite players would get but those jobs most likely won’t pay as well as

[@oludavidgbadebo5357]

ZanK ✅ I don’t think you get the point. Obviously he’s not gonna be competing every month for 25 years. He has won a competition already and I bet Google, Apple, Amazon and the likes are *begging* him with over $200k yearly salary to work for them. Nobody wants to watch competitive programming. It’s not as fun as fortnite. And the purpose of the competition, as he mentioned, is recruitment.

[@palasako8732]

Because anyone can watch fortnite and be entertained. Nobody can watch competitive programming and be entertained... not even other programmers.

[@victornoagbodji]

yea... very disappointing right? the world is insanely not perfect...

[@samchoi7152]

On the other hand, Principal Engineer/Technical Lead/Senior Manager at top companies in the Bay Area are able to earn over $500k/year. That's before accounting for some incredible benefits and perks. Given that there are thousands of positions at that level or higher, I'd much rather make a career out of that rather than hope I become a fortnite champion lmao.

[@atulkumarpk9243]

Hey Joma, you know what, This is one of the best videos on your channel. Please get more people in your channel like him..

[@heondokim]

Atul Kumar PK agree so much, wish this interview was an hour...love hearing great minds talk about themselves

[@atulkumarpk9243]

@@heondokim Yeah man. People love competitive programming and continuing for a long time like 15 years. All these great programmers solving the hardest problems for us to make our life better. Their dedication has a great impact on our society. We sometimes can not utilize their knowledge by just giving a job in great companies. For competitive programmers, every company should create a separate role and team. It's my personal opinion.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

Yes!

[@quocanhhbui8271]

For code jam, you dont ask who is the first, you ask who is the second Joma.

[@jomakaze]

LOOL

[@loveutube04]

The interviewer is fan-girling and blushing over Gennady

[@Tea-Spin]

They organize code jam to find 2nd and 3rd place winner. and everybody knows who is going to win.

[@chadglazier3102]

Techlead has already won all of them, the competitions are only a formality

[@gintamatoki8106]

Tourist

[@gatoradeee]

@diztiinct he has his own wikipedia

[@scofield1154]

@diztiinct Yes. More generally, he's not like "miles away" from others, they're all very similar and you will find that tourist doesn't get 1st place in every competition, it's just that he's so much more experienced (he started programming at 6, and seriously started learning at 9) than everyone else and with that much experience its hard not to be #1.

[@reedhamkalariya6976]

diztiinct he f*****g won international Olympiad of informatics six times. He is also youngest person to do so. He started programming since 5. His mother is a computer scientist. He probably from Bulgaria or Belarus

[@gamingbutnotreally6077]

Im so glad you made this video! I am a competitive programmer myself and it's so great to see the word get about programming competitions.

[@ahbarahad3203]

Every thing is fun and games until the guy lecturing you for past 15 minutes turns out to be the same age as you.

[@jaloveast1k]

It's even worse than he is younger than you

[@unixpert321]

Justice and honor well actually starting young can lower the barrier of entry significantly

[@gldev8191]

This guy is so cool, thank you for this interview!

[@dimbasick]

I competed with Gennadiy at school on a national programming contest. Well, it's not that I competed with him, it's more like I participated, and he had some easy practice for an international contest. He was already brilliant and FAR ahead at 15

[@II_xD_II]

damn

[@romansalnikov5079]

Странно такое слышать от культурного дотера😅

[@dimbasick]

@@romansalnikov5079 :)

[@Alchemistbtw]

why is he so good?

[@Misanthrope84]

@@Alchemistbtw well, genetics has something to do with it. His parents are mathematicians and coders. So...

[@arpitpandey992]

Gennady is like the final boss of competitive programming

[@e889.]

william lin it is

[@AMAR-pc6ht]

tourist be like: hold my beer dude!

[@xghqhj7910]

@@AMAR-pc6ht Gennady is tourist

[@AMAR-pc6ht]

@@xghqhj7910 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@VVayVVard]

He's the strongest character in a shonen anime that the main character aspires to overcome.

[@barisbasar3909]

its so crazy, like these guys are so extremely intelligent, smart and most importantly hard working, yet some streamers on twitch that stream cool games earn sooo much more. The prizes for gaming tournaments are soooo much higher etc. Its crazy how entertainment really is the highest paying job for non entrepreneurs

[@indrit66]

people like him earn a lot of money, he can get a job anywhere in the world at google, facebook etc.

[@Auror2k05]

The same can be said about actors and actresses. They are paid more than scientists and engineers who are responsible for creating the modern world.

[@sentakatsuki]

@@Auror2k05personally, i never wanted the modern world.

[@mnnptl]

Loved how Gennady is introduced everytime xD

[@TuequoiseQueso]

What's that meme/effect?

[@cocacola37281]

@@TuequoiseQuesoi want to know that too

[@Auror2k05]

He's the god of all competitive programmers

[@asadullahfarooqi254]

Errichto is an awesome person. He is very responsive and helpful and cooperative man. @Joma Tech this is an awesome video I loved it thanks a lot man.

[@vssudarshan89]

Really enjoyed this interview. Liked Errichto's attitude and vibe. He seems like a level headed, open guy. Thanks for the video.

[@dharmanshah1239]

Thanks to joma and errichto for this short conversation..

[@tanmaysubhash]

This was a much needed video and indeed a meaningful discussion. Thank you Joma !

[@mbalasubramanian9658]

"what if every job paid the same, what job would you choose?" "Can I just play PS4 all day?" That's a competitive programmer way of thinking right there

[@blackumbrella6199]

But why not xbox

[@nromancarcamo]

This is something that I would try definitely, I enjoyed the interview a lot. Thank you to both for this!.

[@code_report]

Was not expecting to see Errichto on this channel! So AWESOME!

[@ajitshiva9193]

Hi sir.. How was ur trip??

[@ajitshiva9193]

Waiting for ur videos

[@code_report]

@@ajitshiva9193 I will be returning making videos soon! I have been very busy!

[@stormz4069]

The only programmer who can reverse a link list perfectly

[@inordirection_]

You're forgetting ~~!#Gennady#!~~

[@alkhiljohn3813]

I suck so bad at data structures.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Do you mean single linked or double linked list? And are you allowed to use memory or can you only do swap operations to reverse the whole list?

[@pranavm002]

After 4 years, the example of CP problem discussed made it to a Contest in Codeforces Round 908 Div B !!!!!!!

[@farhanislam8463]

Really nice to see. The interviewer, interviewee, questions, and answers, the conversation as a whole was very nice to watch.

[@erassylzh5658]

How many "Hard" problems did you solve on Leetcode? Errichto: Yes!

[@ridg00]

Errichto: "true";

[@cristianandrei3154]

ivan D don’t you mean True

[@Jameslululu]

Errichto: I wrote those!

[@sparshgoyal6704]

Leetcode hard Problems is like a child play for errichto.. LOL

[@rimas9179]

@@ridg00 this comment is so underrated :DDD

[@DipperSlipper]

I really love this video. Great Aspiration! I am going to learn Data Structures and Algorithms more diligently from now on.

[@alainakhan8389]

What I noticed is how down to earth he is. So humble.

[@illyam689]

yes I like this guy for this

[@samo4955]

most people in europe are like this

[@starktynt4103]

@@samo4955 most exceptional people are down to earth

[@cacurazi]

Great interview and great guest! Thanks Joma

[@JeanRauwers]

That’s a great one! I believe it is possible to learn anything we want I was sales guy and now I am a Software Engineer for a big tech company, you just need to believe and pay the price! Thanks for sharing it!! 🙏

[@aperture0]

but sales people make a ton of money? 💰💰 💰

[@JeanRauwers]

Indeed, but we all should do what we love, and after 12 years working in real state market today I am a Software Engineer for one of the biggest companies in UK and could not be happier. Just saying we can achieve everything we want! 👊

[@aperture0]

@@JeanRauwers Good luck for your future endeavours!👍

[@JeanRauwers]

Cheers man! Much appreciated 🙏

[@jesseb9496]

Jean Rauwers what language did you start with?

[@hacker-7214]

the first interview where the interviewee actually answers questions without complicating things and the interviwer does not interupt and asks good questions

[@carlosranielariatearro330]

What I got from this video: "This guy means business".

[@simpleffective186]

Also it's pretty rude to keep asking that guy about genady

[@muhammadasadhaider6893]

I felt that too 😕

[@icervot]

Obviously because Gennady was the first choice.

[@VolkerAndres1]

yes, very annoying.

[@fbru02]

it was a joke. a bad one

[@skepticmoderate5790]

Seriously awkward.

[@bukkacha7390]

Amazing content Joma. I hope you keep it up !

[@maxxpellowski2916]

Great interview. Incredibly interesting topic and well-executed, sir. Thanks again, Joma!

[@tamim24]

That gennady background music tho

[@tathagatmani]

Judgement Knights of Thunder

[@berryjow]

From Saiki K haha

[@Joaoo981]

Was searching for this comment. Thank u. Gotta love Saiki

[@SaifurRahman92]

Thank you Joma for the interesting interview! You are the best 👍👏

[@dimasveliz6745]

The simplicity of Kamil is always overwhelming: Joma> Do u want to promote your channel? Kamil> yeah, guys if you like compet.... he is a great guy and extremely humble. Thanks for sharing that interview!

[@andrewchen2349]

Joma really knows what we want! Also, many thanks to Errichto!

[@user-dj4ir6zs6e]

I am an intl. relations graduate, dont understand a thing about coding/programming, but i really enjoy this interview a lot, in fact it makes me wanna learn about programming! I become such a huge fan for errichto😭 hes so knowledgeable and systematic

[@cetilly]

Whoa! I enjoyed this interview way more than I expected. This guy is a BOSS!

[@troycao3399]

if you zoom in on his forehead you can see all the muscles that carried him in competitive programming

[@HavaN5rus]

Imagine, In my school years in Russia I had to compete with this Genady, and how discouraging this has been to know that this guy started programming from 7 years old, and you only came to this field 2 years ago (I was 15-16). He literally was top 1 his whole life. Jesus, I still remember his name 😞

[@993bluezones9]

U having the wrong approach. It makes you better to compete against the best ones.

[@albertomagalhaes9292]

I just started programming when I was 20. Now I am 25 and still feel way behind these young geniuses.

[@hil449]

You should be inspired by him, not demotivated

[@random_memes009]

He qualified for code jam finals 3 times when he is under 18 .But can't participate because of age.

[@Alchemistbtw]

I'm 18 and just started getting into competetive programming

[@keneepatel4308]

This guy so amazing and humble. Huge Respect!

[@parimesourabh6354]

Hands down best video on this channel. Subbing because I do not want to miss another one like this.

[@basavarajusrinivas2785]

1. Code forces. 2. At coder. 3. Top codder. 4. Code jam. 5. Facebook hackercup.

[@MiketheCoder]

Basavaraju S you forgot codechef, leetcode, hackerrank!!

[@hikarii8758]

@@MiketheCoder Codechef isn't that popular compared to those, while Leetcode and Hackerrank aim at interviews more than actual contests

[@MiketheCoder]

omgursocute they are still contests though!!

[@hikarii8758]

@@MiketheCoder I doubt the quality of the contests are good, there are reasons why they prefer CodeForces, Topcoder or AtCoder, not Hackerrank, Leetcode or Codechef

[@MiketheCoder]

omgursocute I rather do Codechef instead of TopCoder. TopCoder’s UI is awful. Do you do TopCoder?

[@devanw6542]

he answered literally every question perfectly! 🤩

[@avinashkhetri9575]

tbh, i love this guy, really down to earth behavior and he knows what he's speaking, very wise

[@r4ven_017]

Thank you Joma for the interview. Best video int this channel.

[@ron-davin]

*TechLead left the chat

[@tekk7989]

@data science He was a tech lead at Google for 3+ years, and he was an E6 engineer at Facebook with a 500k salary...

[@tekk7989]

​@Karan look at my comment again and you'll see I was replying to "data science". Before "data science" deleted his comment, he was accusing TechLead of being just an intern. Mkay?

[@peterluo1776]

Lol..

[@mitoliso]

Guys let's follow errichto, so that he atleast gets some ads in it.

[@kamalhm-dev]

Wow that tennis thing is really out of the box, amazing

[@SkitoOwn]

This a really mature and realistic person. Nice interview!

[@WeMakeVideosCA]

The whole time I was thinking whoever has the higher count of A vs B will be the winner. And then he said print out the last letter. 😤

[@ndeoligence8]

I think I don't get the problem. I thought the input string was in order of goals scored. In which case, the last scorer might've only scored 1 goal?

[@edgarsanmartinjr.4278]

I felt like an idiot too lmao that’s such a simple solution

[@cicciopasticcio8469]

At the age of 50 I still have fun with these contests.

[@criptik5208]

Are you a programmer

[@cicciopasticcio8469]

@@criptik5208 yes

[@vishalhumbe8275]

Wonderful conversation, it shows how organized and visionary Errichto is ...

[@MegaOmpuri]

Lovely guy! Both of them! Keep up the good work @JomaTech

[@nSiLEtan]

me when the video started: his accent sounds kinda polish also me after checking his channel: o kurwa rzeczywiście

[@lukkash]

yeah, he's great Polish export product like Sobieski vodka :)

[@nSiLEtan]

@@lukkash and pierogi :)

[@shinmccold]

The best video of Joma Tech !! tillnow!!!

[@kasimsche2812]

Joma you are best bruhh..... you interview very best people, ask questions that brings out answers with quality knowledge....

[@wihusky4058]

Really enjoy your channel! Thanks for the vid.

[@aname9969]

Really great interview, thank you

[@Cabothedog14]

Super rude to keep asking about the winner of last year's codejam...you have an exceptional programmer talking with you! This shows very little empathy

[@razhumikeen]

I'm starting to believe the common wisdom that says that most youtubers are narcissistic. His interest during the interview seemed a bit fabricated, like coming from a place of superiority.

[@anandprahlad699]

Eh? What's wrong with it? No, actually you're right. He's asking it too many times. It's rude indeed.

[@ogedaykhan9909]

oh finally a good source for competitive programming. Thanks a lot!

[@namanlashkari3749]

This guy so ground to Earth. I am developer and have huge respect for this guy :)

[@Simon-vy8fe]

Don't drink a shot every time Joma says: "Cool".

[@garrettkelly2191]

Why interview a guy to constantly ask about someone else? How socially inept are you?

[@werdna7425]

FR

[@hamamsofiane7098]

i LOOOVE THIS VIDEO, thank you errichto, thank you joma tech

[@renganathanramesh4501]

So humble .Very Inspiring.

[@zacharydimaria5229]

Please stop asking about gennady, super super rude.

[@easypezee]

true

[@cyberfolk1088]

Yes please wtf

[@sirannonable]

It doesnt feel that bad to me... Gennady is obviously a legend in everyone's eyes; someone to look up to.

[@XenolVlatriX]

nah i think he is just fanboying

[@balenabda4922]

And the way he interrupts him by saying "cool" "super cool" was rude too. Just watched the video because my boi* was in it.

[@ITSH4WK]

That whole "print the last character in the string" solution was it for me.

[@mdzaid5925]

I am really really thankful for introducing errichto to me!

[@joseortiz_io]

Dang, this guy is inspiring! What a great topic! Sounds super interesting. Gotta go practice this Algorithms! 😉😉😉

[@raggykoul]

First time I felt someone more special than Ex-Google Techlead

[@chadglazier3102]

Heretic

[@Prince-fr2lr]

I think you meant to say as special as Ex-Google Techlead

[@chordfunc3072]

I think that the Techlead needs to make a video where he asserts that he is still The Techlead :p

[@vinayak186f3]

*Ex Google , Ex Facebook Techlead

[@kartaLaLa]

Hope someday you can interview Gennady !!, Great video

[@mikepctv9218]

Joma's a beat, this is already added to my favorites and on the first minute

[@UnknownUnknown-bx2lc]

This guy seems like he’d be a great friend. Sorry for going off topic

[@so7am96]

Enjoyed the interview a lot!!! Thanks errichto for everything. Also please stop asking him about Gennady!! He's not his father, and it's embarrassing actually, if you wanna interview Gennady ask him yourself, this bothered me a lot actually and I didn't appreciate it from the interviewer so please stop doing that... Anyways, loved the video 😃

[@abrarulhaque4614]

exactly that was really irritating -_-

[@llVIU]

You sound a bit too butthurt about it

[@so7am96]

@@llVIU you should feel the same if you were under the same pressure of repeatable questions you have no answer for..

[@llVIU]

@@so7am96 I think he was some 24ish year old guy, give him a break. Sure, he could've done it better, but your comment sounds more like repeated insults rather than constructive criticism. Compare your comments to the others here, maybe you'll understand what I mean. Yeah, he did a mistake, point it out, explain how to fix it, let's move on, hopefully he won't do it the next time. Or maybe you just had a bad day when you wrote that comment, who knows, who cares.

[@so7am96]

@@llVIU I don't think I had a bad day back then, just that I know Erichto from the competitive programming scene and I think imo that he doesn't appreciate this kind of question about someone he was competing with, I felt bad for him, maybe it's just me, as u have said, who cares anyway, I just typed my feeling back then

[@samuelodan2376]

Errichto now has 266k subscribers as of writing this comment. I’m so happy for him as he seems like a good guy and was pretty accepting of the likely chance that his channel wouldn’t amount to so much. Cool shii.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Great interview! It's nice when interviewer keeps enough time for the answer and actually does follow-up questions. Way too often every question is pre-written and there's zero real interaction, especially for more complex subjects like competitive programming.

[@mohaktrivedi9591]

Nice to see that he's maintained his body so well, even though he's into competitive programming.

[@AntonioRonde]

Mohak Trivedi 10 push ups each time it doesn't compile. DONE.

[@sazzadrume]

@@AntonioRonde I would say 10 push ups each time it gives wrong answer. He is very good at writing well written code. So, almost 100% of times it compiles without error :D

[@manonamission2000]

Brain work burns calories

[@DailyvlogPiyush]

Hi joma love from India... I like your videoes.. I am also working as software engineer and I keep motivated by watching your video..

[@BusinessGoat99]

Love your vids Joma!

[@kanhaiyajaiswal__23]

thank so much for making this video because I learnt a lot of things and knew about the competitive program.

[@YatharthVerma]

Was waiting for ur video since two three days and finally got it.

[@wawis231]

imagine pair programming with this guy

[@Yetipfote]

He would never validate user input and will be oblivious to side effects and will miserably fail when he should put an ad on your page and seo optimize it

[@sohhamm]

such a nice guy, bring more like him on this channel

[@shrad6611]

errichto is best person I have ever seen with such a nice nature

[@arpanr0y]

I was just wondering a few minutes ago when will Joma upload a new video and I got your new video notification

[@gardusig]

It would be nice to watch more content about this. If you are interested on meeting different competitors, like older ones, here is a list: . Adam D'Angelo (CEO of Quora) is red coder . Petr Mitrichev (Google SWE) is red coder . Mike Mirzayanov (CEO of Codeforces) would probably be a red coder

[@koolkatTV]

Karan 🤣🤣🤣

[@hikarii8758]

Mike isn't a red coder, he's great because he created the most popular contest site atm but his level should belong to Div 2 (which is very far from being a red, but better than a majority of competitive programmers), as he only hosts Div 2 and Div 3 contests

[@avr4h]

what is red coder?

[@saefaburaed8654]

@@avr4h a grandmaster

[@hil449]

@@hikarii8758 didn't he go to ICPC finals tho?

[@rajnikantyadav1315]

joma with this lengendry interview you have earn our heart thank you and love you joma

[@fuckmyego]

This dude is awesome. Also seems really humble.

[@d750nikkon9]

This is the type of guy we should all aspire to be.. someone who seems like a humble and genuine guy who loves what he does and isn't a money sucking vampire like Joma and techlead.

[@sidewinder3422]

Oppsie

[@glengub]

Oooooof that must hurt 😂

[@topramenraymond7005]

I'm new how are they money sucking vampires?

[@sapnasinha804]

Good motivation for code jam😊

[@gabrielalexandre2927]

amazing very good, congratulations to you both!

[@shstar]

The clarity of his thoughts is commendable.

[@safestryfe7045]

omg I started laughing so much when he played that song that comes up in saiki when that weird hero dude starts talking shit