I personally started off with my MEII. I have been instructing at a Class C airport, and have about 600 hours with 470 multi. I have been scared good a couple of times, once during a stall, the other during a Vmc demo. Everytime I go up, it feels like groundhogs day. The same stuff over and over, I am not complacent though, I still keep my guard up, but on a personal level, I feel that I am no longer learning anymore. Now it is just about continuing to give quality instruction, and build flight time. I need a new challenge to further advance myself in my aviation career. I guess for alot of CFIs, they don't start of in a multi, and not all in controlled airspace. I think the experience is more important than total time, that is all I am saying