This company was officially started in 1990 as K&D Consulting and was more hobby than anything.  Over the years, the company was reformed into ALDA Consulting and has been a second source of income for my family.  I still treat it as a fun thing I do. During those years I have worked full time for a couple of software companies that are still going strong after 30+ years in business and I get a good deal of work from them.