After 20 years at IBM, I changed careers and started a side gig. My small business is now a 7-figure company that hit $2 million in revenue this year — here’s how I grew it.
"In hindsight, the signs were there. They always are."
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Becky DeGrossa, a 66-year-old who is founder of CounselingWise from Boulder, Colorado. It's been edited for length and clarity. I earned a degree in computer science from Cal Poly and then spent 20 years in total at IBM, leavi...