Steven Sklar, a senior Cloud engineer at QuestDB, dives into the nitty-gritty of managing databases on Kubernetes. He advocates for running stateful workloads, sharing his expertise on building custom operators using Kubebuilder and the Operator Framework. Sklar discusses his unique transition from finance to cloud-native tech and emphasizes the balance between using managed services and self-management. He also reflects on the significance of practical experience for those entering the tech field and the role of documentation in successful operator deployment.