About

Started with C++ basics in early 2022, then moved into core DSA on GeeksforGeeks. By summer, shifted into competitive programming across LeetCode, Codeforces, and CodeChef.

Reached Expert on Codeforces in July, after 3 months of starting contests and 5 Star on CodeChef in Sep, after 4 months of starting contests.

Candidate Master on Codeforces took a full year and about 60 contests to reach. Guardian on LeetCode took 34 contests spread across 1.5 years.

Taught Batch 8.0 at TLE Eliminators, teaching algorithms from first principles.

Qualified for both Kanpur and Amritapuri Regionals with Team System Testing. Ranked 35/100 at Kanpur and 48/250 at Amritapuri with Himanshu and Pratham.

Crossed the 6-Star threshold on CodeChef in April, after 3 years and 50+ contests.

Interned with Google Cloud's engineering team in Bangalore for three months. Directly applied years of problem-solving fundamentals to large-scale engineering challenges.

Led a DSA mentorship session for fellow coders at the JECRC Incubation Centre. In May, shared about my coding journey on a podcast on Ashish's channel.

Secured Rank 115 out of 9,000+ participants in the IICPC CodeFest preliminaries at MNIT Jaipur. Advanced to regionals at IIIT Delhi, finishing Rank 105 out of 600.

Competed as Team System Testing 2.0 with Tanmay and Ayush, qualifying for both Kanpur and Amritapuri after Rank 142 in prelims. On-site at Kanpur, the team secured Rank 59.

Working as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with HackerRank, where I design and curate coding problems used in hiring assessments.