Hit 200 restored cameras and now I'm wondering if the count matters

So I crossed 200 film cameras fixed and sold through my little bench setup in Portland, and part of me feels like that number proves something. The other part thinks the whole milestone thing is just ego, since 40 of those were the same Canon AE-1 body I could do blindfolded. Has anyone else hit a weird round number like this and had mixed feelings about what it actually means?

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the_willow8d ago

Man, that number thing is a trip. My buddy runs a bike repair shop and hit 500 tune-ups, he printed a little certificate and hung it on the wall, then realized half of them were the same commuter bike model from the same neighborhood. He said the count felt fake until he started tracking the weird stuff, like the one bike that came in with a potato jammed in the derailleur. That's when he actually felt like he knew what he was doing, not when the counter ticked over. Same with your cameras, the AE-1s are your potato bikes, man. The milestone is just a excuse to look back at the stupid problems you solved, not the number itself.