The KubeCraft Newsletter
Weekly DevOps career tips and technical deep dives. My mission is to help you land your next DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE role, even if you are brand new. I went from nurse to DevOps and I can help you do the same.
Do you feel trapped in your current job?
Hey Reader, There's a phase of your career nobody warns you about. You pick a path. You commit to it. You get qualified. The experience builds. The routine sets in. People start seeing you as "the nurse" or "the teacher" or "the accountant." And then one day... it doesn't feel right anymore. The problem isn't that you picked the wrong career. You just outgrew it. The thing that got you here now feels like a box you can't get out of. That's exactly where I was. Six years ago I was a nurse....
Stop stacking certificates (do this instead)
Hey Reader, Imagine you’re trying to expose an app to the internet and every connection times out. Everything seems right, and there are no error messages. It should work! What would you do next? That’s where Tobias, one of my KubeCraft students, found himself last week. After joining one of the mentorship calls we host 3x/week, he went back in with a plan. He read the logs line by line. He ran manual TCP and UDP connection tests from the command line. Eventually he traced the issue to his...
How to learn to code for DevOps & Kubernetes
"Now that AI can do all of our coding, should I still learn to code?" Someone asked me this during a live coaching session in KubeCraft this week, and I think it's the most important question in DevOps right now. Short answer: yes. Let me explain why. Why DevOps Engineers need to write code Some people describe DevOps Engineers as "system administrators who learned how to code", and I think that's accurate. In the old days, software was literally deployed by copying files to servers and...
100 applications, zero replies (it's not your fault)
Hey Reader, When I think back to the time when I was sending my first applications for tech jobs, I immediately feel pain. I still feel that tightness in my chest and a strange sensation in my stomach. Even after 5 years into a successful tech career. Every time I got a rejection letter, or a company ghosted me, I would feel that pain. I never want to go back there. The reality is that most career changers I talk to are experiencing this every single day. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe...
If I threw your laptop into the sea
Hey Reader, If I took your laptop right now and threw it into the sea, what would you lose? How long would it take you to rebuild it? Not just “I can check email.” I mean your entire environment. Your editor configured exactly how you like it. Your shell tools. Your SSH keys. All your personal files restored. For most engineers the honest answer is days. I think that’s a problem worth solving. I apply “cattle versus pets” thinking to everything I do, even my personal workstations. Everything...
Hiring managers don't want bootcamp graduates
Hey Reader, Have you ever watched an average person using a computer? There are literally people out there whose only job is to copy and paste data between e-mails and spreadsheets. These people will do the same repetitive action for years, but they never stop and think "is there a way how I could make this more efficient? Could I automate this?" This is wild to me. It’s part of our human nature in everything we do. You only have to look at the machinery that the Romans used two thousand...
I need to share this with you
Hey Reader, I recorded a conversation this week that I need to share with you. It's with Endrit, one of the members of my community. And his story hit me hard because it reminded me of exactly where I was a few years ago. Before he joined, he was doing the same thing a lot of you are doing right now. Watching courses on Udemy. Going through Coursera. Feeling like he was learning, but nothing was actually changing. Same job. Same tasks. No recruiters in his inbox. No direction. I know that...
DevOps jobs won't be taken over by AI anytime soon
Hey Reader, Big shifts are happening in the tech industry. AI is having a huge impact on Software Engineering jobs. Many of my students have asked me, how is this going to affect DevOps jobs? Is it still worth it to become a DevOps engineer in 2026? In this newsletter I'll share some data that came in this week that will help you relax tonight. And yes, it is DEFINITELY worth it to pursue a career in Kubernetes and DevOps in 2026. In fact, for DevOps, AI is creating MORE jobs that pay even...
Why Kubernetes just became recession-proof
Hey Reader, Three months ago, I wrote an article. I said that if you want an infrastructure job in a Fortune 500 company, you should learn Kubernetes. I also claimed that Kubernetes would become the AI platform. Hundreds of people said I was wrong. This week, the CNCF dropped its annual survey with the latest data. Let me show you what they found: Kubernetes Won Most of the angry commenters on that article gave me the usual push-back: Almost no company needs Kubernetes It is overkill for...
Stop using AI (for your first year)
Hey Reader, Everyone tells junior engineers to use AI. “Be more productive.” “Let ChatGPT write your code.” “Work smarter, not harder.” This advice is creating an entire generation of helpless engineers. I’ve been mentoring DevOps engineers for years now. I’ve helped 800+ people land six-figure tech jobs. And I’m watching AI ruin careers before they even start. Here’s what nobody wants to tell you: If you can’t function without AI, you’re not an engineer. You’re a prompt typist. And companies...
Weekly DevOps career tips and technical deep dives. My mission is to help you land your next DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE role, even if you are brand new. I went from nurse to DevOps and I can help you do the same.