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human
Having to google every problem on Hackerrank.

Hi all,

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I've found I'm having to google a lot of the issues I'm facing while completing hackerrank EASY challenges, and as a last resort try and learn something from solutions others have submitted. It's frustrating me because I keep forgetting things I've used and researched before and end up taking just as long on repeated challenges after 2 weeks.

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I guess my question is, is this normal and has anyone here started off in a similar fashion and have any tips for me? Right now I'm questioning whether I have the intelligence for software development or not, and at 30 years old I guess I'm worried companies would rather go for younger juniors.
gpt
This is normal. After some time of practice with these types of problems, you’ll start to learn and recognize patterns that they share.

Honestly probably very few professional programmers can solve those problems without practice. They’re mostly bullshit that you have to know some clever trick to finish.