This made me laugh: "I sat in the same building while these things were going on."
I agree with you that starting point matters, and that context matters - such as sometimes doubling AWS costs would be better.
The nature of the advice is the science - using numbers factually works better. The nature of your feedback is the art - the types of accomplishments you choose to demonstrate reveals a lot about you as a professional.
To take our example of the doubling AWS costs to make better decisions. Well, how can you quantify those were better decisions. If it's just by the feels, that's not as effective. If you can quantify it - Helped team make decisions that led to x% improvement through database normalization - that is more persuasive than simply saying "Improved team's decision making through database normalization."
This made me laugh: "I sat in the same building while these things were going on."
I agree with you that starting point matters, and that context matters - such as sometimes doubling AWS costs would be better.
The nature of the advice is the science - using numbers factually works better. The nature of your feedback is the art - the types of accomplishments you choose to demonstrate reveals a lot about you as a professional.
To take our example of the doubling AWS costs to make better decisions. Well, how can you quantify those were better decisions. If it's just by the feels, that's not as effective. If you can quantify it - Helped team make decisions that led to x% improvement through database normalization - that is more persuasive than simply saying "Improved team's decision making through database normalization."
Hope that makes sense!