Get to know Phong
This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Phong Nguyen Van, is a full-stack software engineer in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with over 7 years of experience and a passion for cloud technologies and Kubernetes. Phong also holds 5 AWS certifications along with his 5 K8s certifications and is in the top 3% of Stack Overflow users.
If you’d like to be a Kubestronaut like Phong, get more details on the CNCF Kubestronaut page.
When did you get started with Kubernetes and/or cloud-native? What was your first project?
My first project was creating and supporting Kubernetes clusters in production environments for multi-tenancy LMS as Microservices.
What are the primary CNCF projects you work on or use today? What projects have you enjoyed the most in your career?
I primarily use Kubernetes.
How have the certs or CNCF helped you in your career?
The certs helped me to get an in depth understanding of Kubernetes architecture and security.
What are some other books/sites/courses you recommend for people who want to work with k8s?
To prepare, I used Udemy (check out the CNCF endorsed content), and content on Cloud Guru and KodeKloud.
What do you do in your free time?
I like to study new technologies and spend time with my family – my wife Nhu Dang and my daughter Khanh Vy .
What would you tell someone who is just starting their K8s certification journey? Any tips or tricks?
Make sure you have a deep understanding of the fundamentals and once you have that, you can move on to the higher and more complicated levels. CNCF recommends exploring the CNCF Kubernetes project to get started.
Today the Cloud native ecosystem is way more than Kubernetes. Do you plan to get other cloud native certifications from the CNCF ?
Absolutely, I am thinking about observability certs like: