Why Your Problem-Solving Stops at the First Solution

THE PROBLEM

Breaking the First Solution Barrier

Many programmers struggle with stopping at the first solution they find. This limits their problem-solving abilities and can lead to suboptimal code. At AlgoCademy, we teach you how to break this habit and explore multiple approaches to each problem, enhancing your coding skills and interview performance.

Explore Multiple Approaches

Learn techniques to generate and evaluate different solutions to coding problems, expanding your problem-solving toolkit.

Optimize Your Solutions

Discover how to refine and improve your initial solutions, leading to more efficient and elegant code.

Interactive Problem-Solving

Engage with our step-by-step tutorials that guide you through the process of exploring multiple solutions to complex coding challenges.

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OUR MISSION

Learn to code at your own pace

We’ve designed AlgoCademy with people who don’t have a lot of experience with algorithms and data structures in mind. We want to teach people who are looking for the increased satisfaction and income that a programming job can provide.

Is AlgoCademy right for you? Simply put, we're for you if...

You’re trying to prepare for coding interviews but don’t know where to start, or how to come up with an efficient study plan

You’ve spent countless hours trying to solve coding questions online, but you’ve grown frustrated, feeling like you can’t build a solution from scratch

Even if you are able to devise an approach that solves your coding challenge, you aren’t able to write quality code which passes the coding interview

You’re looking to gain the speed and accuracy needed to solve a coding challenge that may get asked of you in interviews

You start to experience sensory overload thinking about all of the information out there about preparing for coding interviews, and you find yourself stuck for days, googling information on various topics, messing up your consistency and flow

How Connor got a 6 figure job at Vanguard:

“After going through all the lessons, I gained the necessary skills to perform well at my on-sites. I crushed even the DP problems, which were my biggest fear. And thanks to that I landed offers from Microsoft and Uber. Thank you AlgoCademy!”

Cristina Radulescu

Senior Software Engineer at Uber

“AlgoCademy really helped me improve my problem solving skills and write incredibly clean code. I was worried it wouldn’t be done in time for my coding interviews, but the way the curriculum is structured made me progress very quickly. Thanks for your work!”

Connor Holland

Software Engineer at Vanguard

“Wow. I've been using AlgoCademy for a while and now I can finally solve coding questions on my own. This gave me the confidence I needed for my interviews, and guess what? I landed the offer at Samsung! You guys truly kick ass. High fives!”

Ankit Kumar

Software Engineer at Samsung

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63 %

of the surveyed Graduates have added between $10,000 and $50,000 to their salary

4 out of 5

of our Students say they’d recommend AlgoCademy to their friends

94 %

of our Students are confident that AlgoCademy will help them advance in their careers

92 %

of our Graduates enjoy their work more after joining AlgoCademy

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THE TEAM

Meet Your Instructors

You’ll learn how to code from instructors with over 20 years of combined experience in professional, competitive, and educational settings. They’ll teach you the algorithms to know for coding interviews and help you establish a clear approach to problem-solving.

Andrei Chiriac

Software Engineer & Instructor

Andrei has represented Romania in many international competitive programming contests. His highest achievement to date is winning the bronze medal at the Central European Olympiad in Informatics.

Andrei has also worked for Amazon and Keystone. Since 2015, he's been training students for the International Olympiad and preparing aspiring engineers to crush their coding interviews.

Fun fact: Andrei has a YouTube Channel and had the highest-rated course on Udemy before AlgoCademy was born.

Mircea Dima

Founder & CEO/CTO

Mircea has worked as a Software Engineer at companies including Facebook, Adobe, Ubisoft, and two NYC startups.

He has built many innovative products using algorithms and data structures, such as Autocorrect and Swipe Typing for the iOS keyboard, Music Recommendation Engine, and Real-Time Optimal Exchange Algorithm. Mircea has been a coding interview and competitive programming coach for over a decade.

Fun fact: Mircea has written a peer reviewed Scientific Paper on Algorithms.

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DIFFERENTIATORS

What sets AlgoCademy apart?

Unlike our competitors, AlgoCademy offers the most comprehensive, high-quality interactive coding platform, allowing students to see, step-by-step, what’s going right (and wrong) in their code, focused on the questions we know you’ll get asked in technical interviews. We’ll teach you how to write clean code using video instructions and interactive validators that check for quality.

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COMMUNITY

A Thriving, Supportive Community of Peers

Our community is the heart of AlgoCademy. Here, you can get answers to all of your questions, ask for feedback, gain support from your peers, and get to know other like-minded programmers. It’s a great way to build your own community and learn from each other in the process.

We may be biased, but we happen to think our members are amazing. They boast a wide range of skills and expertise, and they make the AlgoCademy the amazing, 24/7 resource it is.

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FAQ

Common Questions About Problem-Solving in Coding

Why do people often stop at the first solution?

People often stop at the first solution due to time constraints, mental fatigue, or the belief that finding any solution is sufficient. However, this approach can lead to suboptimal code and missed opportunities for improvement.

How can I improve my problem-solving skills?

To improve your problem-solving skills, practice exploring multiple solutions, analyze different approaches, and learn to evaluate trade-offs between solutions. AlgoCademy's curriculum is designed to help you develop these critical skills.