Emphasize my contribution to the company

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ardmore

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Hello,
I want to emphasize my contribution to the company in my resume. Basically I particated the programming for a company and because of it the software go to production. The company successfully went to market. The original statements sre:
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Worked with VB6/VB.NET and MS SQL Server to develop Point of Sale product for aaa stores. aaa stores operate as a division of Burnaby-based bbb Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of bbb Co., Inc. (NYSE:ccc);
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The most important thing you did was develop a point-of-sale product, not what code you used, and I"m not sure that the fact that it's a wholly owned subidiary is impoartant at all.

Developed a Point-of-Sale product for AAA, meeting strict deadline requirements to allow this new division of BBB to go to market, using VB6/VB.NET and MS SQL
 

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The most important thing you did was develop a point-of-sale product, not what code you used, and I"m not sure that the fact that it's a wholly owned subsidiary is important at all.
Sorry if I am wrong.
I am confused with "develop" usage in this sentence.
Is it a mistake?
I think it must be "development" or "was to".
Please correct me if I am wrong?
Thanks!
 
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You can say "was develop" or "was to develop" or "was the development of" -- but the last form is wordier than necessary.
 

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'Please correct me if I am wrong?'

That is a request and doesn't need a question mark.

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You can say "was develop" or "was to develop" or "was the development of" -- but the last form is wordier than necessary.
Thanks for help!
But I am still confused with "was develop". I always think that after "to be" we have to use a adjective or a noun.
Could you help me clarify it?
 

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Barb said

'The most important thing you did was develop a point-of-sale product',

which is fine.

Rover
 

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Barb said

'The most important thing you did was develop a point-of-sale product',

which is fine.

Rover

And as Barb explained shortly afterwards, that could be worded "The most important thing you did was to develop a point-of-sale product".

The rule that "to be must be followed by an adjective or a noun" is not correct. There are many places where forms of "to be" might be followed by a bare infinitive or a full infinitive.
 
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