Re: GitHub, you're right, it is kind of bad. I'm proud of some contributions I've made to other people's projects but you can't pin a PR. My own repositories are largely old or experimental. I'd consider not putting the Github link in at all, but I've had recruiters say it was vital to have it. I might make some private projects public just so I can show them off.
Also much appreciate the advice re. focusing on impact. Difficult to add hard figures retrospectively but I'll see what I can do.
Thanks again for taking the time to give all that advice.
Re: hard figures retrospectively. I've been in this boat before. Here's what I did. I would tell the recruiter / hiring manager / etc that I made a little c conservative estimate from my notes. While it probably is less impressive than the actual number, I wanted to err on the side of correctness over unearned praise for when I couldn't get the exact number.
This also led to me updating my resume about 1x / quarter, which I am currently behind so time to take my own advice and do that this evening. But the goal here is to regularly update so you can find the hard numbers if you need to. Plus, the market being what it is, you'll never know when layoffs will come a-knocking.
Re: GitHub, you're right, it is kind of bad. I'm proud of some contributions I've made to other people's projects but you can't pin a PR. My own repositories are largely old or experimental. I'd consider not putting the Github link in at all, but I've had recruiters say it was vital to have it. I might make some private projects public just so I can show them off.
Also much appreciate the advice re. focusing on impact. Difficult to add hard figures retrospectively but I'll see what I can do.
Thanks again for taking the time to give all that advice.