Another job landed in just two weeks!
This is a record for KubeCraft.
If you want to see the system in action, read Lennard's post.
We only work with serious people who are ready to follow a proven system, so if thatโs you,
book your qualification call here โ kubecraft.click/4gr
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Two more DevOps jobs landed last week ๐
Inside the KubeCraft Career Accelerator, we just celebrated two members starting new roles one as a Junior DevOps Engineer, another in their dream company.
In 2025, the market is competitive because most engineers still learn in isolation, follow random YouTube tutorials, and never build real production skills. Thatโs why they stay invisible to recruiters.
Our members take a different path. They focus on:
โข Learning the exact technologies the market wants right now
โข Building production-grade projects that act as proof of skill
โข Positioning themselves so companies come to them
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This means slots have opened up. We only work with serious people who are ready to follow a proven system, so if thatโs you, book your qualification call here โ kubecraft.click/4gr
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Many of you requested a tour of my Arch Linux setup, as well as a video in my older style: long, valuable screen-sharing. Here you have both!
Enjoy https://youtu.be/-dfq1blmVB8 - The Arch Linux Setup for 6-figure DevOps Engineers
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Looks like I finally made it as a tech YouTuber!
And no, Iโm not taking the sponsorship.
I prefer to keep providing you with quality content that lands you jobs instead of shilling products I donโt even use.
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ.
Hereโs exactly how I run mine for daily learning and real-world practice.
๐ฅ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ญ: ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ
Start with an old laptop. 4 GB of RAM minimum.
Add nodes later if you need them.
๐ก Used thin clients work great for extra nodes and cost around 200$.
Avoid surprise cloud bills by running everything local.
โ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ: ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ
Begin with k3s. It is lightweight and simple.
Move to full Kubernetes when you are ready.
Add GitOps with Flux or Argo.
Set up basic monitoring from day one.
๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฏ: ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Deploy one important service first.
Document everything in Git.
Focus on security basics.
Automate small tasks one by one.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ: ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Keep your control plane separate from your worker nodes.
Add redundancy when you need it.
Take proper backups.
Monitor your resource usage closely.
๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Break things on purpose.
Practice troubleshooting until it feels natural.
Try new tools and see what works.
Share what you learn, it sticks better.
The key is to start small and expand based on real needs.
Most important of all: use it every day.
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This is a video youโll only need to watch once, but the insight stays with you forever.
Hereโs how the timing of your job search can be the difference between landing interviewsโฆ and hearing nothing back.
Watch or Save for later: The Hidden DevOps Hiring Calendar โ https://youtu.be/4yzHp_5Ky0o
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Got questions about DevOps, Kubernetes, or landing your next role? THIS Sunday 27/7 at 4 PM (CEST) I'll be hosting a live Q&A for DevOps engineers.
No fluff. Just real answers. Free to enter.
I'll be hosting this from my Free community, you can join here:
www.skool.com/mischa
See you there!
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Why I ditched Go after 12 months (Python won)
I spent a year learning Go, but I switched back to Python.
Why? It made it easier to get a job.
In my early DevOps years, I used Python every day. But I wanted to learn Go because so much modern DevOps runs on it.
WHAT I FOUND LEARNING GO
Kubernetes and many cloud tools are built in Go. Most projects are huge and hard to fully understand if you don't write code full time.
Now I use AI to help me read Go when I need it.
Learning Go was still worth it:
Strict typing
Memory control
Fast single binaries
Why I came back to Python:
More jobs here in the Netherlands need Python
Easy to learn but has depth
Huge community and libraries
AI and ML run on Python with PyTorch and NumPy
In daily DevOps I write scripts, APIs and small tools. Python does all of this well.
It keeps me flexible and ready for the AI side too.
WHY BOTH LANGUAGES MATTER
Both languages matter:
Go runs so much infrastructure
Python keeps me productive and open to more work
Here's what I actually build with Python in my daily DevOps work:
Automation scripts
APIs for internal tools
Small utilities and tools
AI/ML integrations when needed
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE
Both languages matter, but in different ways:
Go runs so much infrastructure we depend on
Python keeps me productive and employable
I still use my Go knowledge when I need to understand Kubernetes source code or debug cloud-native tools. But for building solutions day-to-day? Python wins.
Ready to level up your Python & DevOps skills? Join the KubeCraft community where we share practical projects and land people jobs every week
skool.com/kubecraft
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Cheers,
Mischa
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How do you feel about Linux for DevOps Engineers. Is it required to become a DevOps Engineer?
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต. ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐
, ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
In 1991 commercial UNIX felt out of reach for a 21-year-old student, so he wrote a new kernel.
That hobby became Linux, now running most servers, every Android phone, and all top supercomputers.
In 2005 a licensing dispute cut the Linux team off from BitKeeper, so Torvalds built Git in two weeks, today hosting over 100 million repositories.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐
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Scarcity can spark game-changing innovation
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Community scales a side project into global infrastructure
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Open licensing lets the next creator build even higher
Which open-source project has had the biggest impact on your career?
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I'm Mischa. My mission is to help you land DevOps jobs, double your salary and become a well-rounded engineer. I changed my career from nurse to DevOps engineer and now I help others achieve the same. Engineer your career with me.