Hit 500 motherboard repairs yesterday and it felt weird

I've been keeping a tally on a whiteboard in my shop for about 4 years now. Yesterday I hit exactly 500 motherboard repairs. I don't know why that number stuck with me but I stopped and just looked at it for a minute. Most were basic cap replacements and trace repairs but about 80 were dead southbridge chips I revived with a hot air station. Has anyone else hit a weird milestone number like that and felt something about it?

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james_butler3d ago

Had a buddy who ran a small laptop repair shop and one day he hit 1,000 blown speakers replaced on old Thinkpads. Said he just stood there staring at his tally sheet for a solid minute feeling like he'd somehow won a contest nobody else knew existed. He still brings it up every time I see him.

ryanj603d ago

Kinda weird to brag about breaking stuff though.