> compiled python programs that can be emailed

I learned Python programming almost 20 years ago by also writing a small script on my Linux machine (a Mandrake distribution), running it through py2exe and then copying it on a floppy disk, then get to work and use that .exe program to automate some stuff for me there.

That proved to me that programming can be very helpful sometimes, as in that example it provided me with lots of free time during work, on the behalf of the stuff I had just "automated" for myself. Very good times.

Many developers forget, that you don't go fishing locally using an aircraft carrier or battleships. A small raft is enough.

If your team is small, use tools that can perform the best on small team, if your team is big, use one that can support it. K8s is used for going big, angular is used for complex interface.

Resume Driven Development is a thing for a reason.

If your team is always gonna be small, then how are you going to learn the stuff that scales?

Are you going to wait get a job that allows you to do so?

You don't use that on production ever. Try to use it on dev server, local or test server all you want, but not production, at least until you know the cases and confident that your team can handle it on production.

Then you can still add that to your resume.