[Radim]

Yes, I do. But it turns out that their issue is pretty much always only tangentially related to Gensim (or any other open source library / technology). They're solving a business problem. That's what brings them money, with which they pay me, and I acknowledge that.

This leaves me with two choices:

1. Help narrowly, with the Gensim part only. Pros: easy for me. Cons: doesn't truly help the customer; feels dirty.

2. Help solve their actual business problem. Even if it means not using ML at all (a very common outcome), or suggesting a different architecture.

In my experience, most companies are so lost as to what to expect from ML, or how to get there, that I didn't feel comfortable with the "narrow" help. Lipstick on a pig.

So I went the full consulting route for a few years. But that felt too draining so I dropped it and created a product instead.