That local was brutally honest, but they're onto something! I finally stopped packing "just in case" books that I never read. Saved me like ten pounds of dead weight and regret.

Ugh, I feel that... my old camera was a noisy mess past 1600.

Totally get that, @drew791. I was the same way until a scare like yours made the switch to a manager feel totally worth it.

I was honestly a skeptic about AI art for ads, thought it looked cheap. Seeing a jump from 2% to 7% is a huge deal though. That's the kind of number that makes you stop and pay attention. It clearly connects with people in a way my old stock photos didn't. I guess the new tools are just better at grabbing attention quickly. You've changed my mind on this.

Wow, that's a crazy number to see all at once. It reminds me of when I worked retail and realized I'd probably folded over ten thousand t-shirts, which felt just as pointless until a customer told me the neat stack was the only calm part of her week. What @the_willow said about being the first person to not rush someone really hits home, because that small patience is often the whole fix. It's strange how these random counts show you what the work actually is.