I have a (currently inactive) consulting company that was clearing 40% above my senior software engineering salary in the sf bay area. Eventually the stress of getting a company's treasury dept's to pay on time to cover my contractors and I induced so my stress that I developed GERD (also known as heart burn). The money was great, and I was single at the time so I had a lot of great experiences with the extra cash. The company is inactive now but I still own it and get requests from clients a few times a year, I'm pretty busy with married life now though I would probably do it again full time in the future and sell it off to a big 4 consulting firm (which is what a family friend of ours did for $XX million).
syndacks|3 years ago