Looking back at my first year's total of 27 fences

I was cleaning out my old truck last week and found my first year's job log. I put up 27 fences that year, mostly simple chain link and wood privacy jobs around my town. At the time, it felt like I was barely scraping by, working every weekend just to keep the lights on. Now, with over a decade in, I realize that number was everything. It meant I had figured out how to source my own posts, learned to set a line by myself, and got fast enough with a post hole digger to make a profit. That first 27 proved I could actually do this as a job, not just a side hustle. It's wild how a simple count in a notebook can hold so much weight. What was the first number that made you feel like a real fence guy?