Interview with Um Nik | Codeforces Legendary Grandmaster

Um_nik, in one word, is a legend. After this interview I found a lot more about him. Like what? He didn't do IOI and IMO in high school, instead he advanced to IPhO! (International Physiscs Olympiad) He is the champion of ICPC in 2020. Once, he was at the first place of Codeforces for a few weeks (in 2018). If you are surprised, don't be yet. The real surprise is when he says he doesn't believe in talent! He talks about his advices to competitive programmers, his own journey, what happened after he posted the solutions of a div 3 codeforces round (during the contest lol), what he did on the Regional ICPC 4th Dec 2016 (double lol), his opinion about many different things, and definitely I asked him your questions! #competitiveprogramming #codeforces #Shayan #Um_Nik #shayan_interviews #competitive_programming #icpc #ioi