numbers and identity

i just recently found out that i have achieved a major goal - i passed all my architecture exams and can now call myself an architect. i sent in my check and am waiting for my license to arrive in the mail. as a registered architect i will now have a number that defines me in the public record. i find this a strange contrast to the videos of "the prisoner" that i received for christmas, where the theme is a struggle to not be just a number.