I'm surprised no one has mentioned conferences. Admittedly they have been a bit quiet lately, but things are starting to pick up again. The "hallway track" is

I'm surprised no one has mentioned conferences. Admittedly they have been a bit quiet lately, but things are starting to pick up again. The "hallway track" is a great place to talk to other practitioners about what they are doing, as well as BOF (birds of a feather) sessions. Especially if you can find a conference with an unconference section (like most DevOps days for example), that's another great venue for discussing things. You'll also get to meet people who you can potentially reach out to directly with questions. It's a great way to build up a network if you don't already have one.