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I suggest you participate in online programming competitions. For me it was more helpful than just read books.

I agree with this very much. Check out http://uva.onlinejudge.org for some example problems with automatic judging of contest problems.

I had discovered this link a few days ago. Added it to the resources section

I don't see where you think I just read books, lol, but thanks for the suggestion man.

I have been planning to join a few competitions, and definitely some hackathons in 2014.