# Hello from Zurich

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-zurich/6388>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [30 October 2022 13:01 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-zurich/6388 "2022-10-30T13:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![maat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@maat](https://forum.confluent.io/u/maat)\
**Post date:** [30 October 2022 13:01 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/hello-from-zurich/6388/1 "2022-10-30T13:01:13Z")

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In the context of Confluent I am Maat via Sign in with Google.  
Usually I obtain usernames without depending on Google or GitHub.  
I hope I remember my own username.  
About 35 years of personal and professional IT experience.  
Including Apache, Java and Kafka - also JMS, IBM MQ, some Rabbit and ActiveMQ  
First time user of Confluent Cloud.  
This forum felt like a Slack environment.