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This is kinda what I always wondered about these "show the numerical impact of your work" stats. How exactly do you know that? Unless you're a manager or somet
by CM30 2y ago
This is kinda what I always wondered about these "show the numerical impact of your work" stats.
How exactly do you know that? Unless you're a manager or something, how do you know that the company got say, 30% more users and 20% more repeat views after they changed the sign up process?
For an awful lot of companies, the tech department flat out doesn't know what the stats are like for their site/app, or care enough to track the direct impact of their work.
Is that a good thing? Absolutely not, but it seems like a depressingly common one nonetheless.
- euvin 2y agoOne time, I sent in a question to a panel of anonymous recruiters asking if they could tell that a quantitative number in someone's resume bullet points was bullshit, and if they even cared. The only responses I got out of that were "generally we can tell if you're embellishing, and the hiring manager can probably tell, so don't lie!" without much further deliberation. I was hoping that the anonymity would grant them the ability to say the quiet part out loud, but I guess I shouldn't have expected much.
- CM30 2y agoYeah that seems pretty accurate. It's probably something like: Realistic: Redeveloping the login page for the site increased return users by 30% Unrealistic: Reveloping the login page for the site increased return users by 300%