Thoughts on 'handyman' label and job size limits in different states?

I've been doing handyman work for about 8 years now, fixing everything from leaky faucets with SharkBite fittings to mounting TVs on drywall anchors, and been in the Chicago area my whole career. Down here, the term handyman doesn't limit what I can tackle skills-wise, but there's this $10k cap on jobs before you gotta license as a full contractor, which keeps things small-scale like porch repairs or cabinet installs. In other spots it seems to mean you're just good for minor stuff and not qualified for bigger remodels, which rubs me the wrong way. Saw a post on r/handyman where someone in California was griping about the same connotation, and a guy in Handyman Nation group swore by rebranding to 'home repair specialist' to dodge the stigma. Anyone else deal with negative vibes from the label? What's your take on it, especially with liability insurance tying into job sizes?

Man, that $10k limit is such BS, had a client want me to add a whole sunroom but I had to sub it out and lost half the profit.

Same here, been stuck turning down deck builds because of that crap cutoff. Feels like the state just wants to nickel and dime us independents.

Try getting GL insurance that covers up to that threshold, I use Progressive and they bundle it cheap for handymen under 10k jobs. Keeps you legal without jumping to full contractor status.