what you’re referring to is called cargo-culting small companies copy their technical and even hiring decisions from behemoths like Google why? market powers!

what you’re referring to is called cargo-culting small companies copy their technical and even hiring decisions from behemoths like Google why? market powers! the unfortunate reality, is that these companies can’t compete elsewhere, so they use hype technology that allows them to better market themselves (on the said conferences for example) the employees can also use this opportunity to put “managed Kubernetes cluster” on their resumes to get more job offers solution for you would be to find a company that doesn’t focus on technology, but on the problem itself