That's great! Just what I needed to see, as I was feeling depressed after looking at my tiger bark cut back 10 days ago and no budding yet. Yours took around 3 weeks?
It has grown out a lot since the last pruning, so it was time for another haircut. I’m doing it now so it will have a chance to start setting buds before it comes indoors for the winter.
These are the after photos (I forgot to take pictures before pruning):