How not to approach solving problems

• Jump into the problem trying to solve it without much thinking.
• Implement a solution in an unstructured way.
• Get stressed out when things don't work.
• Not doing research for solutions.

How to effectively approach solving problems

• Stay calm and slow down, don't jump at a problem without a plan.
• Take a very logical and rational approach to solve a problem.
• Use this framework to solve a problem:
  1. Understand the problem: make sure you 100% understand the problem. Ask the right questions to get a clear picture of the problem.
  2. Divide and conquer: break a big problem into smaller sub-problems.
  3. Research: do as much research as we have to in order to help us to understand and solve the problem.
  4. Pseudo code: for big problems, write pseudo code before writing the actual code.