Like cloud APIs, K8s replaces a ton of by-hand work that formerly made up the profession of systems administration (among others). I see my career progressions from sysadmin to devops as being a pretty natural development of "automate your (old) job away". So today with cloud and k8s, I can be as productive as ten of my old selves fifteen years ago. Back then, it would have been almost unimaginable for a company like the one I'm with to be able to thrive and grow during its first 18-24 months with only a single "IT" staff who can still maintain a great work/life balance.
TL; DR - K8s and cloud let me do the work of ten of my old selves.
TL; DR - K8s and cloud let me do the work of ten of my old selves.