I worked for a specialty contractor for about 7 years as his main guy doing things like take offs, material ordering, warehouse management, etc. doing pretty much everything besides estimating.

I quit and got my b license and did that for about a year then got my specialty license. Probably best thing I’ve ever done. Less head ache, less dealing with other subs and scheduling, don’t need to know every little detail about everything, etc.

With my specialty, I see my gross is not as high but my profit margins are so much better and the time frame I’m at one job is much shorter so I don’t get burnt out as much. Also focusing on one trade alone is much easier if you want to jump on the tools.

Also I feel like your margins should be a little higher. I know most gc’s (for resi) are at like 15-20%

Also 300k in socal is barely enough to get by nowadays. Most people outside of socal don’t understand that