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I would like to echo this. The statements on the resume should be "did x which caused y". The caused y part should be how valuable your contributions were. The
by kat 8y ago
I would like to echo this.
The statements on the resume should be "did x which caused y". The caused y part should be how valuable your contributions were. The more concrete you can write the better.
If you wrote unit tests for your code, "Wrote Unit tests, maintaining 80% coverage which reduced QA cycles and increased code quality". or
"Programmed on a product for x Industry, facilitating x% faster workflows for the customer"
- itamarst 8y agoThose statements are insufficient, since they don't say whose initiative it was to do the action. There's a big difference between "I wrote unit tests because my boss told me to" and "I spent 6 months pushing to fix our failing tests, and so was eventually given responsibility to do so".
- kat 8y agoI agree. I would say that is the difference between a junior and a senior dev. "Spearheaded the adaption of unit tests, increased coverage from 0% to 90%" for a senior dev. Everyone is a junior at some point in their career and I don't think there is anything wrong with doing what your boss tells you to do!