Fair enough, nothing wrong with that. I was interested if this is a startup or just your way of attracting clients.
Numbers are not silly per se but if i read a cv that tried so hard to quantify things, i‘d be sceptical. example: every developer knows that the number of lines of code can mean a multitude of things good or bad.
Well, that's exactly right: "every developer knows that the number of lines of code can mean a multitude of things good or bad."
So the goal is to display your sophistication and level of experience by showing your performance with numbers that are appropriate to your level and skill. Something that, when you're asked about it, demonstrates your capabilities, and your ability to delve into the technical details, in a way that only someone at your level could do.
Again, thanks for the feedback. The comments on this post, as usual for Hacker News, are phenomenal and informed. I think I've come up with at least 3 additional posts just based on everyone's feedbacks and critiques!
I would still like to have an answer regarding your business model. I think that beeing fully transparent here would benefit you in the end.
Are you storing those cvs?
Are you processing them?
Are you building a business around benchmarking CVs?
Numbers are not silly per se but if i read a cv that tried so hard to quantify things, i‘d be sceptical. example: every developer knows that the number of lines of code can mean a multitude of things good or bad.