Ask HN: Where to Find Kafka Folks?

[brd]

Where are Kafka people congregating these days? I've come across an absolute mess of a Kafka deployment within the walls of a large customer. I expect I may find more if I start looking. Curious where I might find seasoned vets that can roll up sleeves and take ownership of wayward Kafka installs.

[enether]

On the subreddit /r/ApacheKafka and LinkedIn mainly. We lack a single forum - the subreddit is the closest we have to it. The space is pretty small and we all pretty much know each other (lots of ex CFLT)