Igor Zibarev"Improved performance by 21%"
No you didn't.
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The whole "show measurable results" advice for dev resumes?
mostly bullshit.
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I go through tons of resumes with stuff like:
> Implemented linter that reduced code review time by 34%.
Come on. 99% of the time nobody measured that. Those numbers are made up because "someone on YouTube said you should quantify results".
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Or this classic:
> Optimized SQL queries improving performance by 21%.
21% of what exactly? One query? The median? Peak load? Idle time?
That number means absolutely nothing.
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What it actually tells me:
This candidate watched a "how to write a great resume" video and followed the template.
Nothing wrong with trying - but fake metrics don't help you stand out.
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If you want your resume to hit - drop the fake precision.
Say what you actually did.
What changed.
What you owned.
"I replaced manual server setup with Terraform" says way more than "improved infrastructure efficiency by 28%".
6(fin)/🧵