Hit 500 repair jobs in a year and it got me thinking about speed vs quality

I hit 500 bench repairs in the last 12 months at my shop. That number surprised me because I remember barely doing 300 a year when I first started. On one hand, pushing that many units through means I am faster with diagnostics and soldering now. I can swap a bad cap or reball a GPU in half the time I used to. But on the other hand, I look back at some of those jobs and wonder if I rushed through a few. There was a laptop last February where I missed a corroded trace because I tried to finish it in 30 minutes. So here is the debate: does hitting a high count mean you are getting better, or does it just mean you are cutting corners? Have any of you tracked your yearly numbers and seen the same thing happen?

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skyler_jackson2724d ago

500 is pretty average actually, not some record speed.

the_harper24d ago

@skyler_jackson27 genuine question though, what do you consider a record speed then? like 600 is decent, but I've seen some builds hitting 700+ on the dyno with basic bolt-ons. just curious where you draw the line for fast vs average.

lewis.finley24d agoMost Upvoted

500 repairs is impressive until you start doing the math and realize half of them were probably my own screw ups I had to fix twice. Speed feels good until you find that corroded trace six months later. At this point I just aim for "good enough to not have to see it again.