Reno:
FWIW, my 2 cents...
Over 25+ years as an EC, I met a lot of really nice people, had a good business, and lived cnfortably.
A 'family' operation (real estate) was a good account! Jr. came along after many years, and basically we did not hit it off. He had a 'chosen one'! Yes, I lost a few jobs thru that, and I also had to clean-up the crap that the chosen one created!
I started as you probably are 'small' and grew to comfortable ($<400k yr).
Did I worry about people who forgot me? Not really, but..it concerned me. I had a lot of contacts/friends/references & made the best of it.
Then 1-1/2 yrs ago, it was time to say "goodbye" as an EC.
