Planning to Set Up a Study Group (Infra/DevOps/SRE/Platform Engg) : Serious Folks Only (Experienced Min 2+Y)

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Tired of tutorial hell? Building a study group that goes from 'what is a packet' to 'debugging production incidents.' Join me.

I've built a structured curriculum covering the full infrastructure stack — from DNS packet mechanics to Kubernetes internals to eBPF to FinOps. Looking for people to go through it together with weekly labs, troubleshooting sessions, and mock interviews. Not a course. Not a paid thing. Just engineers who want to get hands-on and actually understand this stuff.

i worked as Cloud Platform Engineer for 3+ years at a Tier-1 company in india , Now resigned due to health issue from my current org and planning to prepare and job hunt after some time mean while i plan to run a cohort to learn together and keep myself busy

Syllabus :

A complete curriculum organized into 5 pillars, each with 8-part deep dives:

**Pillar 1: DNS & Networking**
DNS fundamentals → GTM → Kubernetes DNS → TLS → Certificates → Proxies → VPC → Service Mesh → Edge Security → Linux Kernel → BGP/QUIC

**Pillar 2: Linux & Container Internals**
Shell → Kernel/CPU → Memory/OOM → Filesystems → Processes → systemd → Storage → Containers → Docker → Security → Performance

**Pillar 3: Kubernetes**
Fundamentals → kubectl → Control Plane → Workloads → Scheduling → RBAC → Networking → Storage → Operators → Autoscaling → Lifecycle → GPU → AI/ML → Multi-Cluster

**Pillar 4: IaC, Cloud & DevSecOps**
Terraform → State → Modules → AWS Core → Networking → Compute → Data → Observability → Security → Secrets → CI/CD → Supply Chain → AI Security → Vector DBs → FinOps

**Pillar 5: Observability, GitOps & SRE**
Git → CI/CD → GitOps → Prometheus → Alerting → Tracing → Logging → Thanos → SRE → Chaos → Platform Eng → DORA → DevSecOps → LLM Observability

Each pillar includes:
– Real-time packet/request flows (what actually happens)
– Failure modes (what breaks and why)
– Capacity planning with real numbers
– Cost modeling with AWS pricing
– 9 hands-on labs per stage
– Incident management runbooks
– Interview prep (junior → staff)

What i am looking for

**people who:**
– Have 2+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform/Cloud
– Want to go deep, not just collect certs
– Can commit 5–7 hours/week
– Will actually do the labs (not just read)
– Want to troubleshoot real scenarios together
– Are okay with being wrong and learning in public

**What we'll do:**
– Weekly 1-hour call: walk through a stage, discuss, Q&A
– Bi-weekly lab session: do the hands-on labs together (screen share, debug together)
– Monthly mock interview: practice explaining concepts
– Shared repo: notes, lab outputs, runbooks we build together
– Async: Discord/Slack for questions, war stories, job leads

**What we won't do:**
– Watch tutorials passively
– Just read slides
– Gatekeep based on certs or company logos
– Sell anything

Why I'm doing this

I realized:

1. Reading docs alone → I forget 80% in a week
2. Explaining to someone else → I actually learn it
3. Debugging with others → I learn the stuff that's not in docs
4. Mock interviews → I find gaps I didn't know I had

I want to build a small group of people who are serious about getting to senior/staff level and are willing to put in the work.

How to join

Comment below or DM me with:

1. Your current role + years of experience
2. Which pillar you're most excited about
3. One thing you've struggled to understand (so I know where to focus)
4. Your timezone
5. Confirm you can commit 5–7 hours/week

I'll pick people based on fit (not skill level — based on commitment and willingness to teach others).

What you'll get out of it

– Deep understanding of the full infra stack
– Hands-on experience with real tools (not just theory)
– A portfolio of labs and runbooks you built
– Mock interview practice
– A network of engineers at similar level
– The ability to explain complex systems in interviews

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**If this resonates, comment or DM. If not, no worries — good luck with your prep!**

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*Edit: Adding FAQ*

**Q: Do I need to know everything already?**
A: No. The curriculum starts from fundamentals. You need 2+ years of experience so you can follow the advanced parts.

**Q: Is this for interview prep only?**
A: No. This is for actually understanding how systems work. Interview prep is a side effect.

**Q: What's the cost?**
A: $0. Labs are designed to run on free tier or local. If you want to do cloud labs, expect $20–50/month max.

**Q: How do you pick people?**
A: Commitment + willingness to teach. Not skill level. I want people who will show up and contribute.

**Q: What if I'm more junior/senior than the group?**
A: If you're willing to teach and learn, you're welcome. Mixed levels make the group stronger.

🚀 NOTE : ONLY JOIN , IF YOU ARE PLANING TO BE CONSISTENT , "NOT A WILL GIVE IT A TRY OR LET'S SEE "

Discord Group : https://discord.gg/qA43k3ggw