Adjectives are claims. Verbs are events.
When you write that a system was robust, scalable, and fast, you have told the parser and the reviewer nothing they have not read on every other application in the pile. You have used words that require subjective interpretation.
When you write that a system sustained three million daily requests after the query layer was migrated, you have stated an event.
Reviewers and automated parsers look for the shape of work. They look for what changed because you were in the room. A strong verb paired with a hard metric does this work cleanly. It removes the need for persuasion.
Take a standard bullet point and look at the load-bearing words. If the first word is managed, coordinated, or assisted, the sentence is hiding the actual labor. Swap it for reduced, engineered, re-routed, or renegotiated. These words point directly to a mechanical intervention.
Delete every soft descriptor on your CV today. If an adjective tells the reader how to feel about your work, cut it. Replace it with the exact mechanism of change.
Parsers match the event. Humans trust the event. Keep the verbs.
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