Hi friends, May I ask you a question? Please post in the comments where you are from. This way, we can see where all the members live. Afterward, take a look through the comments and feel free to like or say "hi" to members who are from your area. I'm super curious to see where you're all from and will read every single comment. Let's gooooo! - Mischa 🫡

Hello, welcome to the community! Before you do anything else, introduce yourself to the community by commenting on this post. We do this to not just have a forum, but to have a community of people with real engagement. - Post your introduction below, who you are - and what you hope to achieve. - Reward other users by liking their post. It only takes 5 likes to unlock most of the content here, so its a nobrainer to do. From which platform did you join?

This post is for everyone who's still on levels 1 to 3. Go on, say hello :-) Anyone who's level 4 or higher is only allowed to use the reply function. Let's see if this works here -Mischa

Hello friends, Can I ask you a question? What is your main goal? What are you focusing on right now? 1. Share your goal below 2. Find someone with a similar goal and reply to him or her Let's support each other in this community! 🫡 Mischa

Brad just landed a Junior SRE role with a 40% pay bump in about six weeks. Not because of a degree or pricey certs. Because he made his skills undeniable and easy to find. ​ “There is literally no way any of this would have been possible without the KubeCraft community and Mischa’s wisdom.” ​ Apply for KubeCraft (limited spots) → CLICK HERE​ ​ Here’s exactly what Brad did and why it worked: ​ The “Paper Airplane” Problem Brad started like most job seekers. He used the big job sites: Indeed, Reed, Glassdoor. His exact words: “It was like folding my CV into a paper airplane and throwing it into the wind.” The shift: He moved to LinkedIn and built connections strategically. The result: At 350+ connections, he got 2-3 recruiter calls every week. Why this worked: Recruiters use LinkedIn to find active candidates. Traditional job boards are passive applications competing with hundreds of others. ​ The Homelab Strategy Brad built a Kubernetes homelab running on k3s VMs. Not because it was required for his current job. Because he knew cloud-native was the future due to AI growth. Here’s what happened in interviews: - Round 1: They liked his OpenTelemetry experience + homelab Kubernetes practice - Round 2-4: Every call discussed his homelab setup - Topics covered: Kustomize, external-secrets, Azure vs AWS comparisons, improvement plans The magic: Interviews stopped being technical quizzes and became technical conversations. Brad could explain his architectural choices and reasoning. The Strategic Application Formula Brad didn’t spray applications everywhere. When he found his target role on LinkedIn, the spec jumped off the page: AWS, Kubernetes, Rails, Prometheus, Grafana. Perfect match for his homelab stack. Interview process: 4 rounds over 1.5 months - 30-minute screening (technical + homelab discussion)- 3 x 1-hour interviews (client communication + technical background) The feedback: They liked his conversation skills for client communication + his technical work showed ability to learn their stack quickly.