What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes

During recent job interviews, the author discovered that Kubernetes adoption has become nearly universal among companies of all sizes, a dramatic shift from five years ago. CTOs cite three main reasons for this adoption: organizational uniformity in deployment processes, standardized knowledge that makes hiring and onboarding easier, and built-in traceability that simplifies compliance. The author concludes that while most companies adopt Kubernetes for non-technical organizational benefits rather than technical necessity, early-stage startups should likely start without it to focus resources on their product rather than infrastructure complexity.