Kubernetes Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Oct 21, 2025 4 min read

K8s Skill Progression for Engineers

From kubectl to operator. The progression.

Year 1

kubectl basics, Deployment/Service/Ingress.

CRUD on standard resources.

Year 2

Helm, Kustomize. Operators basics. Network policies.

Operate clusters.

Year 3

CRDs, custom controllers. Advanced operators.

Build on K8s.