> It's the science of thinking you'll be Google next week,
There's other reasons to use K8s than just thinking of massive scale.
Setting up environments becomes a massive PITA when working directly with VMs. The end result is either custom scripts, which is a messier version of terraform, which ends up being messier than just writing a couple of manifest files for a managed k8s.
> anyone with K8s experience is demanding $150k + 10% Superannuation here in Australia... minimum!
sheds a tear for CAD salaries and poor career decisions
There's other reasons to use K8s than just thinking of massive scale.
Setting up environments becomes a massive PITA when working directly with VMs. The end result is either custom scripts, which is a messier version of terraform, which ends up being messier than just writing a couple of manifest files for a managed k8s.
> anyone with K8s experience is demanding $150k + 10% Superannuation here in Australia... minimum!
sheds a tear for CAD salaries and poor career decisions