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KubeCraft facts

The KubeCraft Career Accelerator is a mentor-led DevOps career program with 8 connected systems, run by KubeCraft B.V., a registered Dutch company, and led by founder Mischa van den Burg.

It is for engineers whose experience doesn’t count as proof yet, and for people starting from scratch. Members start with a private 1:1 call where we look at their situation and goals and map out what it takes to reach them. After that, they get personal written feedback, direct messages with Mischa and the KubeCraft team, several live coaching calls every week and an interview guarantee.

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At a glance

Company
KubeCraft B.V., KvK 99136279, VAT NL868818938B01, the Netherlands. Started in 2024.
Members
1,000+ engineers have joined since 2024 (KubeCraft count, November 2026).
Founder and lead mentor
Mischa van den Burg. Senior DevOps engineer, 2x Microsoft MVP, Kubestronaut, about 130,000 YouTube subscribers.
Individual support
A private 1:1 call that builds your personal roadmap, personal written feedback on projects, CV and LinkedIn, and direct messages with Mischa and the KubeCraft team.
Live coaching
Several live coaching calls every week with Mischa, in a group.
Inside
8 systems that work together, including 70+ hours of projects.
Membership
One year. You can renew afterwards at a lower rate.
Certificate
None. Your projects, your homelab and your public portfolio are the proof.
Guarantee (EU and US members)
Complete the milestones and use our application system, and if you don’t have interviews within 6 months of finishing the projects, we keep working with you for free until you do. Read the wording.
Member jobs
Since 2024, 200+ members have posted in the KubeCraft community that they landed a new DevOps, cloud, SRE or platform job (KubeCraft count, November 2026). The count only includes community posts. Wins shared by DM, email or on calls aren’t in it.
Fortune 50
Dane works as a Cybersecurity Engineer at a Fortune 50 company.
Trustpilot
4.8 out of 5 from 59 reviews (November 2026).
Price
One price, shared on the free strategy call. Payment plans on request. Refund policy.

The 8 systems behind KubeCraft

KubeCraft is made of 8 systems that work together, and all 8 are part of the program. Most members work through them in a set order, but each one has its own job.

DevOpsOS

70+ hours of projects

Linux, CI/CD, cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform and more, through production-grade projects in a public portfolio employers can check.

HomeLabOS

Your own homelab

A homelab that mirrors real production clusters. You deploy it, automate it, document it, then walk an interviewer through it.

InterviewOS

Interview preparation

Frameworks and mock interviews for technical and behavioural rounds, from the first call to the offer.

PresenceOS

Soft skills

How to communicate, present yourself and know what to say, in interviews and on the job.

NegotiateOS

Salary negotiation

Negotiate your offer for DevOps, SRE and platform roles, so your pay matches the role.

JobMagnetOS

Personal branding

Turn your LinkedIn, GitHub and blog into proof, so recruiters come to you.

FocusOS

Focus system

A way to learn and execute. You keep what you learn and finish what you start.

KubeCraft AI

Instant answers

Our own AI, built and trained exclusively for KubeCraft members on 3 years of Q&A calls, community posts and everything Mischa has published.

The order most members work through them

FocusOSDevOpsOSHomeLabOSJobMagnetOSInterviewOS InterviewOS

Organize the learning. Build the skills. Apply them in your own infrastructure. Make the evidence visible. Explain it in the interview. PresenceOS, NegotiateOS and KubeCraft AI run alongside this path. You use them when you need them.

Your personal roadmap sets your starting point and your pace.

FocusOS: build the system for learning

FocusOS gives you a repeatable way to study, keep what you learn and finish what you start. You organize your learning, keep useful notes, protect your attention and follow through on the work. Technical progress takes more than knowing which video to watch next.

DevOpsOS: learn how the stack works

DevOpsOS is the technical learning path, with 70+ hours of project-based material. It covers Linux, your daily development environment, Git, Bash, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, Terraform and cloud infrastructure. The Masterclass at the end brings the skills together in an application you containerize, test and deploy.

The subjects build on each other. Linux comes before containers. Containers come before Kubernetes. Kubernetes and your homelab prepare you for the delivery work after that.

HomeLabOS: turn the learning into proof

HomeLabOS puts the technical work into your own Kubernetes environment. You build a working cluster, use GitOps and CI/CD, deploy real services and make applications reachable from home. You document all of it, so it becomes part of your GitHub profile, your CV and your interview answers.

The homelab is the central practical project. It is not an extra exercise at the end.

JobMagnetOS: make your work visible

JobMagnetOS turns your technical work into a professional profile people can check. Your LinkedIn, GitHub and blog become a record of what you build and learn. Your CV connects that work to your earlier experience and the roles you want. Employers and recruiters see evidence of how you use the tools, and not only a list of them.

InterviewOS: explain the work and your decisions

InterviewOS prepares you for technical and behavioural interviews with frameworks, practice and mock interviews. Your projects become the material. You practice explaining what you built, how it works, which decisions you made and which problems you solved.

PresenceOS, NegotiateOS and KubeCraft AI

PresenceOS trains communication, presentation and confidence in interviews and on the job. NegotiateOS covers salary talks and offer negotiation for DevOps, SRE and platform roles. KubeCraft AI is a members-only assistant trained on our coaching Q&A, community questions and Mischa’s teaching. It finds you the relevant explanation while you work through the program.

What the technical curriculum covers

The technical core is DevOpsOS plus HomeLabOS. It starts with the environment you work in every day and ends with deploying applications through cloud-native workflows.

Linux and your daily working environment

The path starts with Linux fundamentals and goes on to server-level Linux. It also covers the environment you do the work in: Arch Linux, Zsh, Neovim and Dev Containers, with Git fundamentals and Bash scripting fundamentals.

Dotfiles, Mise and Chezmoi are part of the terminal and editor setup. You build one setup and use it for the whole technical path.

Containers and development workflows

The container material explains what containers solve, how Docker works and how to build container images. It covers Docker, Dockerfiles and Dev Containers. The further-study material adds DevPod and containerized workflows. The Masterclass goes on to optimized images and Dockerfiles.

Containers connect your local development to the application you test and deploy later.

Kubernetes fundamentals

Kubernetes Fundamentals covers how Kubernetes works under the hood, deploying your first applications, networking and storage. This is the base for the Kubernetes Homelab and the Masterclass. The goal is to understand the environment you build and run.

Kubernetes homelab and real services

In the homelab you move from understanding Kubernetes to running your own cluster. You work with GitOps, CI/CD and real services, including applications you make reachable from your home network. The cluster is a project you document on GitHub and discuss in interviews.

CI/CD, GitOps and application configuration

The delivery material connects application code to testing and deployment. Topics include GitHub Actions, GitOps and ephemeral clusters in workflows. The GitOps and configuration path covers Flux, Kustomize and Helm.

Cloud and the DevOps Masterclass

Cloud comes after the Linux and Kubernetes foundations. DevOpsOS Part 2 has the cloud material and the DevOps Masterclass. In the Masterclass you apply everything to one application: containers, testing and deployment. It is not a starting point. It depends on the earlier material.

Python, FastAPI and preparation

Masterclass preparation includes Python fundamentals through recommended courses and FastAPI through nested models. The program also includes Python and AI content. The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project are required reading.

Recommended outside courses are marked as recommended. They are separate from KubeCraft’s own modules.

The technical learning order

The technical path runs in this order: Linux, Dev Containers, Kubernetes Fundamentals, Kubernetes Homelab, then DevOpsOS Part 2 and the DevOps Masterclass. Each step assumes you can use the one before it.

Learning LinuxDev ContainersKubernetes FundamentalsKubernetes HomelabDevOpsOS Part 2 and the Masterclass

Your roadmap takes your experience into account. Someone with strong Linux skills starts in a different place than a career changer opening a terminal for the first time. Your starting point and pace change. The foundations stay, because the later projects depend on them.

You can try the free Linux course first.

Why the homelab is central

The Kubernetes homelab is the project that connects the curriculum to your career. You build a system, deploy services and document the work. JobMagnetOS helps you show it. InterviewOS helps you explain it.

Many CVs only say “Kubernetes”. With a homelab, you have a project behind the word. You can describe the environment you built, how you deploy applications, how GitOps fits in and how you use CI/CD. Your repository and documentation give the interviewer something to look at.

What members say about their homelab in interviews

  • Karol: his homelab came up several times in his Site Reliability Engineer interviews. · May 2026
  • Erick: gives major credit to the hands-on experience from his KubeCraft homelab for his Senior SRE offer. · May 2025
  • Danil: says his homelab and projects were the biggest part of his interview process, straight out of university. · August 2025
  • Endrit: credits his AWS homelab projects for a fully remote SRE role that nearly doubled his salary. · November 2025

These are examples of projects helping in interviews. A homelab on its own does not guarantee a job.

What is the KubeCraft internship?

Members can list an unpaid, mentored internship at KubeCraft B.V. on their CV. You build projects that benefit only you, and the KubeCraft team reviews and mentors the work. You do no work for KubeCraft, and you are not paid.

Describe it on your CV as exactly that: a mentored internship in which you built your own projects. Your homelab and repositories are the proof behind it.

How the personal mentorship works

Every member gets a plan built around their own situation, with Mischa and the KubeCraft team to check the work. It starts with a private 1:1 call. After that, you get ongoing support.

  1. 01We start with your situation.On a private 1:1 call, we review your background, your goals, the hours you have and your gaps.
  2. 02We find the gap.It might be knowledge, hands-on experience, proof of your work, visibility or how you explain what you do.
  3. 03You get your next steps.Your personal roadmap comes from that review. It maps what to do, when, how and roughly how long it will take.
  4. 04We coach you while you apply it.You do the work. We review it and help you decide what comes next.

Individual support

  • Private 1:1 roadmap call: an in-depth review of your current situation and career goals, and a map of what to do, when, how and how long it takes.
  • Personal written feedback: on your projects, your CV and your LinkedIn, including a done-for-you CV.
  • Direct messages with Mischa and the KubeCraft team: bring the problem you are stuck on.

On top of that

  • Live coaching calls: several every week with Mischa, in a group. Bring the question you can’t solve, the cluster that won’t start or the interview you are preparing for.
  • Community and seasonal Sprints: engineers working toward the same goal, with extra calls in Sprint seasons.
  • KubeCraft AI: instant answers any time.

Courses are part of KubeCraft. What you join is a full program, with people who help you apply it to your career.

Who KubeCraft is for

KubeCraft is for people working toward their first or next DevOps, cloud, Kubernetes, SRE or platform engineering role. You don’t have to be job hunting to join. The goal you set shapes the roadmap.

At the developer’s or tester’s desk

You write or test the code, next to the people who run it.

On the servers or the help desk

You keep the servers, the network or the help desk running.

DevOps on the badge

You have the title, without the depth behind it yet. You might be working with Windows or not using Kubernetes. The market has decided what a DevOps engineer is, and your role no longer matches it.

Not in tech yet

You’re coming from another field and want a real way in. About 40% of members started without technical experience. It takes longer, but it can be done: one member went from managing a restaurant to his first DevOps role. The free Linux course is a good first step.

Your role has an end date

Your contract ends in a few months, or the layoff rumours won’t stop. You want your next role lined up before you’re job hunting with no income.

You don’t need a previous DevOps job to apply. You do need time to build, the will to ask questions and the habit of acting on feedback.

Member outcomes

Since 2024, 200+ members have posted in the KubeCraft community that they landed a new DevOps, cloud, SRE or platform job (KubeCraft count, November 2026). These are member-reported outcomes, published with consent. They are not a placement rate or an average time to get hired.

Below are examples by type. Each name links to the member’s card with their original post, and the date shows when they posted. First names only, no employers.

Career changes

  • Ionut: military service, with no IT background, to Systems Engineer at a major cloud provider. · May 2026
  • Jakub: help desk to DevOps Engineer. · August 2025
  • Pedro: restaurant manager and delivery driver to DevOps Engineer I. · February 2026
  • Adrian: UX designer to DevOps intern to Junior DevOps Engineer. · April 2026
  • Thomas: game design to Cloud Engineer. · August 2026
  • Kevin: semiconductor manufacturing engineering to Site Reliability Engineer. · October 2026
  • Milan: 12 years in QA to DevOps and platform engineering, inside his own company. · August 2025

Senior and lead roles

  • Dane: Cybersecurity Engineer contract at a Fortune 50 company. · May 2026
  • Ciaran: Lead Site Reliability Engineer, after 15+ years in infrastructure. · December 2025
  • Lourenço: Senior Platform Engineer contract, after going from 0 interviews to 3 offers. · August 2026
  • Erdenebat: Senior DevOps Engineer contract, after a layoff. · October 2026
  • Erick: Senior Site Reliability Engineer, after more than 100 applications. · May 2025

Pay

  • Hasnain: more than 50% salary increase, moving from Linux sysadmin to Platform Engineer Specialist. · April 2026
  • Endrit: nearly doubled his previous salary in a fully remote SRE role. · November 2025

These are individual results, not average raises.

Not every win is a new job

  • Dariusz: promoted to Senior DevOps by his company, without asking. · April 2026
  • Matthew: moved onto his company’s platform engineering team as a DevOps Engineer. · March 2026
  • Nick: won a freelance energy-monitoring project using Proxmox and Kubernetes. · January 2026

How long did it take?

  • Lennard: a DevOps job about two weeks after joining KubeCraft. · August 2025
  • Amha: accepted an offer 23 days into KubeCraft. · November 2025
  • Kevin: six weeks from the first employer contact to an offer. · October 2026
  • Rémi: joined in January and signed a DevOps Engineer contract in August, after more than 50 applications and six interview processes. · September 2026

These are individual timelines, and each one measures something different. They are not an average or an expected time to get hired.

Results vary by experience, location and weekly effort. Employers named in a member’s story have not endorsed KubeCraft and are not hiring partners.

Read all member success stories · Read the reviews on Trustpilot

The interview guarantee

The interview guarantee applies to members in the EU and US. It is not a job guarantee.

Complete the milestones and use our application system, and if you don’t have interviews within 6 months of finishing the projects, we keep working with you for free until you do.

We do not promise a job offer, a salary or a job at a named company.

How much does KubeCraft cost?

KubeCraft is a premium DevOps career mentorship program, not a self-paced video course.

You’re investing in more than course access. We work with you personally to understand your background, identify what’s holding you back and build a roadmap around your goals.

That includes hands-on DevOps and Kubernetes projects, individual feedback, direct access to our team, live coaching, and support with your CV, LinkedIn and interviews.

We share the full program investment during your free strategy call. First, we look at where you are today, where you want to go and whether KubeCraft is the right fit. If it isn’t, we’ll tell you. If it is, we walk you through the program, what’s included and the investment, so you can make an informed decision.

Membership runs for one year, and you can renew afterwards at a lower rate. Payment plans are available on request. There’s no obligation to join. Read the refund policy before you pay.

Who runs KubeCraft

Mischa van den Burg is the founder and lead mentor. He leads the teaching and the live coaching.

Mischa was a nurse, with no computer science degree and a four-year gap on his CV. He started coding in 2007, taught himself Linux in 2014 and got his first DevOps job in 2021. He became a senior DevOps engineer.

Microsoft MVP
Two awards, May 2024 and July 2025. Read the award post.
Kubestronaut
All five CNCF Kubernetes certifications, since January 2025. Search the CNCF directory.
YouTube
About 130,000 subscribers (November 2026). See the channel.

Read Mischa’s full story

Is KubeCraft legit? Check it yourself

KubeCraft is a registered Dutch company, and you can check the main claims on this page yourself.

Legal name
KubeCraft B.V.
Chamber of Commerce (KvK)
99136279
VAT number
NL868818938B01
Office
Spinnekop 2-3, 1444 GN Purmerend, the Netherlands
Started
2024. The B.V. was registered on 13 December 2025.
Founder
Mischa van den Burg
Registered address and contact
See the contact page.

Where to check

The curriculum on this page comes from the KubeCraft classroom: DevOpsOS Part 1 and Part 2, HomeLabOS, the DevOps roadmap and the Linux course. Classroom access depends on your membership.

Spotted something outdated? Email support@kubecraft.dev and we will look at it.

Explore the teaching before you apply

Start with your situation

The free strategy call is where we look at your situation and see if KubeCraft fits. You may need Linux foundations. You may have the experience but no project that proves it. You may have the skills and need a clearer profile and stronger interviews.

Tell us where you are, where you want to go and what is in the way. If it fits, we map out your personal roadmap with you.

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