Winning Lockheed Martin's Codequest Competition!
On Saturday, my team and I took part in the Lockheed Martin CodeQuest competition. It was my first time participating, and after eagerly practicing together beforehand, I was extremely excited to see what the day would bring. When we arrived, we first attended a talk from the Lockheed Martin team, who introduced us to the company and their impressive early careers programmes. After a short briefing about the competition format, the coding began. The competition lasted two and a half hours, during which teams attempted to solve as many programming challenges as possible. I particularly enjoyed how each problem was framed within a real-world context, which made the challenges feel meaningful and exciting to tackle. One of the most memorable moments happened in the final two minutes of the competition. The countdown had begun, and I noticed that another member of my team was extremely close to finishing one of the problems - there was just one last detail left: implementing a specific rou...
