Preface

Kubernetes has taken the world by storm, becoming the standard infrastructure for DevOps teams to develop, test, and run applications. Most enterprises are either running it already or are planning to run it in the next year. A look at job postings on any of the major job sites shows that just about every big-name company has Kubernetes positions open. The fast rate of adoption has led to Kubernetes-related positions growing by over 2,000% in the last 4 years.

One common problem that companies are struggling to address is the lack of enterprise Kubernetes knowledge. While Kubernetes isn’t new anymore (it just turned 10!), companies have had issues with trying to build teams to run clusters reliably. They’ve also struggled to understand how to integrate Kubernetes workloads across the multiple silos and technology stacks that are common in the enterprise world. Finding people with basic Kubernetes skills is becoming easier, but finding people with knowledge on topics that are required for enterprise clusters is still a challenge.