Programmer is a highly professional job that requires strong thinking ability and hands-on ability, so most programmers are smarter than ordinary people. Compared with other professions, programmers should be the most favorite line of study . The development of technological networks is too fast, and new technologies are emerging one after another, so we must update our knowledge reserves all the time.
Today, various coding tools are becoming more and more convenient. Whether one can become a top programmer or not, talent is a very important factor. Today, I would like to take an inventory of the talented teenagers in the global programming world, and feel what is called talent.
Petr Mitrichev（Petr）
Russian, born in 1985, made his debut at the age of ten, and won the championship of programming competitions all over the world at the age of 21. He is currently working in the search department of Google.
His achievements include gold (2000, 2002) and silver (2001) medals from IOI, gold medals (2003, 2005) at the ACM ICPC World Finals as part of a Moscow State University team. Google Code Jam Champion (2006), Topcoder Open Champion (2018, 2015, 2013, 2006), Topcoder University Challenge Champion (2006, 2007), Facebook Hacker Cup Champion (2011, 2013, 2017) and numerous national winners and online competitions. He has achieved the highest score ever in Topcoder's Algorithm competitor and is consistently in the top two in the world. As of February 2021, he is the #2 algorithm coder in the Topcoder rating.
Since Petr Mitrichev graduated from Moscow State University in 2005, he has maintained a leading position in the world of algorithmic programming. In this kind of programming competition of the highest international standard, it often involves infinite board games or N+1 decibel level of cow mooing, which usually requires the participants to have strong mathematical analysis ability and keyboard operation speed, and Petr Mitrichev used his Famous for "short pauses", that is, Petr Mitrichev started answering questions almost immediately after reading them.
For Petr Mitrichev, such programming competitions offer a rare island in the subjective world, saying: "The beauty of such competitions is that they are completely unconscious, free from human cognition. ’, he added, was the fairest game he had ever seen.
Lou Tiancheng (ACRush)
Born in 1986, graduated from high school in Hangzhou No. 14 Middle School. In 2004, he was recommended to the Computer Department of Tsinghua University. He is currently the co-founder and CTO of Pony.ai.
He won the Google Code Jam twice in 2008 and 2009, the TopCoder Open Marathon in 2015, and won the gold medal at the 2004 International Informatics Olympiad, finishing third overall. 3rd place in Facebook Hacker Cup in 2011 and 2012, 2nd place in 2022.
Lou Tiancheng is recognized as the number one person in computer programming for college students in China. He often singles out a team with one person. Everyone in the CEOI and ACM circles knows his name. It has become a legend praised by many domestic programmers.
Tomasz Czajka（tomek）
Polish, born in 1981, currently working at SpaceX.
At the age of 12, he received a SAM Coupé computer from his parents and started programming on it. He participated in the International Informatics Olympiad three times and won the gold medal twice and the silver medal once. Participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad three times and won the silver medal twice.
He graduated in 2004 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw. He has won the TopCoder programming competition four times, and in 2003 he won the World Team Programming Academic Championship together with Krzysztof Onak and Andrzej Gąsienica-Samek.
Egor Kulikov（Egor）
Russian, 2010 Google Code Jam Champion, 2012 TopCoder Open Champion.
Przemysław Dębiak（physo）
Polish, born in Gdynia on July 28, 1983, won the first place in the algorithm class of Imagine Cup in 2007, the champion of TopCoder Open in 2008 , and the champion of TopCoder Open in 2013.
He is also a multiple Polish champion in solving puzzles and represents the Poles at the World Puzzle Championship and the World Sudoku Championship.
Makoto Soejima(rng_58)
Japanese, born in 1991, he is one of three people to win both Google Code Jam and Facebook Hacker Cup, and the only one to win a gold medal with a perfect score in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). In the International Science Olympiad, he won three gold medals and one bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad, and two silver medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Codeforce rating 2814, TopCoder rating 3468 (currently TopCoder algorithm administrator), TopCoder Open 2010 and 2011 winner, Google Code Jam 2011 winner, Facebook Hacker Cup 2011 and 2013 finalist, VK Cup 2012 finalist, 2008 and 2009 Annual IOI silver medalist, 3 times gold (2007-2009) and bronze (2005) IMO.
Andrew He (ecnerwala)
Born in 1990, software engineer at Impira. The third place in Google Code Jam in 2019 and 2020, the silver medal in the 2016 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, and the champion of the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup.
Gennady Korotkevich（Tourist）
Belarusian, born on September 25, 1994, participated in the International Informatics Olympiad at the age of 11, creating a record for the youngest player. From 2007 to 2012, he won a total of 6 Olympiad gold medals.
In 2013 and 2015, he was the champion of the ACM-ICPC World Finals twice. In 2015, he won the championship with AK for the first time in history (all the questions were made).
He has won Google Code Jam 8 times, and won 7 consecutive championships from 2014 to 2020.
Won the Facebook Hacker Cup four times in 2014, 2015, 2019, and 2020
As of December 2022, Gennady is the highest rated programmer on CodeChef, Topcoder, AtCoder and HackerRank. In January 2022, he scored a historic 3979 on Codeforces, becoming the first person to break the 3900 mark.
On the Code Contest Hall of Fame website, Gennady Korotkevich is the winner of both the Honor Roll and the Money Roll. About $400,000 in prize money has been awarded.
Gennady Korotkevich said in an interview when he was 14 that he spent no more than 3 to 4 hours a day on the computer and his hobbies were football and table tennis. "I'm not a genius, I'm just good at it," he said.