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Posted by Steven Oster
Steven Oster
4,182 Points

How do these people get so many points?

I'm looking at the leaderboard to check on my progress. I've been grinding at this course pretty hard, and I'm proud to have earned 350 points in a day. It took a month to get the last 1,000 points.

How do some of these people get like 3,000 points in a day? That seems impossible. Is it monkey-business? Next-Gen AI? Super brainiacs?

Not that internet points matter much, I'm here to learn, but what's going on?

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

They do like 13 hours of Treehouse a day I think, and that's how you get loads of points.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points

:loudspeaker: UPDATE: The leaderboards appear to be fixed.

As of yesterday, the problem affecting the leaderboards appears to have been resolved. :tada:

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

YAY!

5 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

first three months i was on treehouse nonstop 13hours a day. Then I went to 4hours a day. Now it slowed down.

Plus I kind of knew html, css, and some javascript/python before joining. But yeah it helps a lot. LOLs.

Steven Oster
Steven Oster
4,182 Points

Did your brain explode?

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

No. It's work ethic. Plus I like coding.

Steven Oster
Steven Oster
4,182 Points
Steven Oster
Steven Oster
4,182 Points

Are you in treehouse's job placement program? How's your employment outlook?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

I used my newly found web coding skills to do some sql injections and stack my points.

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

Are you sure you didn't write bots to take the take the courses for you? LOLs. Also very possible.

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Stephen,

I wouldn't pay that much attention to the "leader boards." There are many factors that come into play.

For example, when I first started Treehouse, I had a general understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so in the beginning, my points and badges went up very quickly, because I had the videos at 1.5x and was skipping through the beginners courses quickly, as it was mostly just review.

Once I got past my current knowledge, I slowed down significantly! I take my time now to learn the new stuff, and I make sure I understand the underlying concepts of what I'm learning before moving on.

I used to watch where I was on the 'boards', but soon realized that it is all contingent on how much you know coming in... and not how fast you are 'learning.'

So, don't worry about what others are doing... do what is best for you!

:)

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points

The Leaderboards have been broken for months now. In several categories, if you check the scores on the right, they are several times the total score on the left.

I've written support multiple times. Each time they say they're "aware of the problem, and it's in the queue...".