What to Include

Write down everything. A CV is a record, not a highlight reel.

Include

• The boring parts of every job – routine tickets, maintenance, paperwork.

• Every technology you touched, even the ones you only touched once.

• Problems you solved, and how you went about solving them.

• Teaching, mentoring, and learning.

• Volunteer work, home lab projects, talks, and open source contributions.

Do Not Trim

Leaving out the mundane work is the single most common mistake. Those entries are exactly the ones that show consistent, day-to-day capability.

See What is a Curriculum Vitae? if this feels like too much.