kimr10•17d ago

Just hit my 500th hardwood floor install last week and it felt weirdly big

Tbh I didn't even realize until I was cleaning up on Friday and counted back through my job logs. 500 seems like a random number but it made me think about all the mistakes I made on job number 1 through 50. That first house in Arlington I used the wrong expansion gap and had to rip out 200 square feet. Now I can pretty much look at a room and know exactly where the tricky spots are. Has anyone else hit a milestone that caught them off guard like that?

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pat_coleman17d ago

Honestly, I gotta push back a little on the idea that it's "random." 500 installs is a huge number. Tbh, that's like doing a solid install every 2-3 work days for 4 years straight without missing a beat. Ngl, I think people underestimate how much skill it takes to hit that kind of consistency. The fact you remember that Arlington job so clearly says a lot about how much you've learned since then. That kind of growth isn't random at all, it's earned.

jesse99416d ago

Yeah but @hannahk19 that first job still haunts me when it rains.

hannahk1917d ago

Kinda hits you out of nowhere when you realize how far you've come. Bet that first job feels like a million years ago now.