Ask HN: How do mid-level people write achievements in their resume?
I am trying to rewrite my resume and it's becoming harder and harder with time. When I was younger, it was easy to just write achievements as bullet points (obtained 10x performance improvements of [complex algorithm] used in [arcane subprocess nobody knows exists], rewrote [feature] to use [N%] less memory, etc).
But today I would have dozens such bullet points. I wrote a bunch of code in dozens of applications, a large library, took part in many releases, etc. Yet I'm not a leader so I can't really go the "soft skills" route, I think I still need measurable achievements.
Could I have examples of what you guys think bullet points look like for people with 5-10 years of experience that used a number of different technologies, took part in a number of releases, etc? Or is it just I have been doing the wrong thing and it looks bad if you're still a programmer working on low-ish level stuff when you have that experience?