[ANN] yogg's system and network admin service

[yogg]

I am a self-educated IT tech, but I have had training to become system/network admin (2 year). I am now learning development at the university.
This training has allowed me to work for a range of companies over the years in lots of different industries from web hosting to food companies.

However, working full-time didn't give me the freedom that I can get from freelancing.
Therefore, I am now extending my reach to the bitcoin community to offer my services to work on your projects.
I can also manage projects and tweak your code but I am not a full developer.

I aim to offer high quality work for great prices.
So, please don't hesitate to contact me if you would like to ask me a question or enquire about my wide range of services.

FIRST CUSTOMER DISCOUNT: BTC0.05 PER HOUR

NORMAL RATE: BTC0.1 PER HOUR

For bigger projects I also offer discounts too, so contact me and we can negotiate.

[yogg]

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[monbux]

+vouch, yogg is a pretty cool guy, from what I know about him.  Good luck yogg with the service!

[ranlo]

Hey yogg! Are you able to give quotes beforehand on how much it'll cost to get something done? To me, the worst thing is having someone take 10 hours to do a job that takes someone else 15 minutes to do, even though they charge the same rate. I'm more inclined to work with someone that can tell how much it is up front and then if it takes 15m, great. If it takes 25 hours, it's fine too, since it doesn't cost more.

[yogg]

+vouch, yogg is a pretty cool guy, from what I know about him.  Good luck yogg with the service!

Thanks a lot for the kind words, monbux.  
I appreciate it a lot.

Hey yogg! Are you able to give quotes beforehand on how much it'll cost to get something done? To me, the worst thing is having someone take 10 hours to do a job that takes someone else 15 minutes to do, even though they charge the same rate. I'm more inclined to work with someone that can tell how much it is up front and then if it takes 15m, great. If it takes 25 hours, it's fine too, since it doesn't cost more.

Hey ranlo,

Sure, I can give you a rough estimation of the time some work will take to completion. I charge the time I spend on the work.
If it takes me 15 minutes to do, that's fine and I'll charge 15mn. If I'm available you'll have it done almost instantly.

If it takes longer, I will give you updates about the work regularly so you can see the progress.

Feel free to contact me privately if you want to discuss about your project more in depth.

[ranlo]

+vouch, yogg is a pretty cool guy, from what I know about him.  Good luck yogg with the service!

Thanks a lot for the kind words, monbux. 
I appreciate it a lot.

Hey yogg! Are you able to give quotes beforehand on how much it'll cost to get something done? To me, the worst thing is having someone take 10 hours to do a job that takes someone else 15 minutes to do, even though they charge the same rate. I'm more inclined to work with someone that can tell how much it is up front and then if it takes 15m, great. If it takes 25 hours, it's fine too, since it doesn't cost more.

Hey ranlo,

Sure, I can give you a rough estimation of the time some work will take to completion. I charge the time I spent on the work.
If it takes me 15 minutes to do, that's fine.
I will also give you updates about the work regularly so you can see the progress.

Feel free to contact me privately if you want to discuss about your project more in depth.

Thanks, yogg! I'm not *currently* in the market, but have been noting down potential services I'll need in the future just so I have things locked down, .

I mostly bring up the time because, for example, a network admin was helping migrate one of my VPSs and it turned into a 36-hour job because he kept messing something up that would make it fail, and that happened over and over (at least 7x that I'm aware of).

[yogg]

I mostly bring up the time because, for example, a network admin was helping migrate one of my VPSs and it turned into a 36-hour job because he kept messing something up that would make it fail, and that happened over and over (at least 7x that I'm aware of).

I hear you !
Well, that depends on what you do have on that VPS you want to migrate.

I know what I can do. If some work is out of my skill area you shouldn't be charged for the time I need to make the specific research.
You can be sure I won't charge you if I didn't complete the work.

I'm not *currently* in the market, but have been noting down potential services I'll need in the future just so I have things locked down, .

I'm looking forward to work on your projects.

[b!z]

Best way to improve a WordPress site on a VPS to handle heavy traffic? Right now I'm using W3 Total Cache plugin to cache, server is nginx running on Debian. Any suggestions?

[ranlo]

Best way to improve a WordPress site on a VPS to handle heavy traffic? Right now I'm using W3 Total Cache plugin to cache, server is nginx running on Debian. Any suggestions?

Are you already using Cloudflare? And then use server-side caching things like Varnish. CDNs (real ones, other than CF) will also help with speed.

[yogg]

Best way to improve a WordPress site on a VPS to handle heavy traffic? Right now I'm using W3 Total Cache plugin to cache, server is nginx running on Debian. Any suggestions?

Are you already using Cloudflare? And then use server-side caching things like Varnish. CDNs (real ones, other than CF) will also help with speed.

There is a lot of ways to improve speed.
First, you need to find what is the bottleneck.

Last time I had speed issues (on http://www.altdice.net) it was because of the VPS connection port. It had a 1Gbps connection port, and I switched to a VPS with a 10Gbps one.
That did it. But I identified the bottleneck, which was the network.

Then if you have exploited all the solutions, you can always setup a second VPS with load balancing.
This should increase the overall speed of your WordPress since the load will be shared between two websites.

[ranlo]

Best way to improve a WordPress site on a VPS to handle heavy traffic? Right now I'm using W3 Total Cache plugin to cache, server is nginx running on Debian. Any suggestions?

Are you already using Cloudflare? And then use server-side caching things like Varnish. CDNs (real ones, other than CF) will also help with speed.

There is a lot of ways to improve speed.
First, you need to find what is the bottleneck.

Last time I had speed issues (on http://www.altdice.net) it was because of the VPS connection port. It had a 1Gbps connection port, and I switched to a VPS with a 10Gbps one.
That did it. But I identified the bottleneck, which was the network.

Then if you have exploited all the solutions, you can always setup a second VPS with load balancing.
This should increase the overall speed of your WordPress since the load will be shared between two websites.

Hmmm, are you able to set up load balancing, find the bottlenecks, etc.? And out of curiosity, what would you charge for general maintenance (I guess is the way to explain it) such as keeping watch for security concerns, dealing with patches, etc.? One of the big problems I had with running my own VPS before was that I don't have the experience/time to keep a server protected all the time and apparently had a breach for months I wasn't even aware of.

[yogg]

Hmmm, are you able to set up load balancing, find the bottlenecks, etc.?

Sure. Doing such things was my day to day work, back then.

And out of curiosity, what would you charge for general maintenance (I guess is the way to explain it) such as keeping watch for security concerns, dealing with patches, etc.? One of the big problems I had with running my own VPS before was that I don't have the experience/time to keep a server protected all the time and apparently had a breach for months I wasn't even aware of.

That depends on your needs. I can do that on a regular basis, once a week, or every day if your setup is critical.
I will charge you accordingly to the time I spend doing these routine maintenance check.

Let's say you need to have it checked every week and it takes me 15 minutes to do so every time, I'll ask you BTC0.1 / month at normal rate.

[Vod]

I am a self-educated IT tech, but I have had training to become system/network admin (2 year) and IT manager (another 2 years).

What certifications do you have?  When it comes to self-education, certifications are the only measurement of true skill.

[yogg]

I am a self-educated IT tech, but I have had training to become system/network admin (2 year) and IT manager (another 2 years).

What certifications do you have?  When it comes to self-education, certifications are the only measurement of true skill.

I am self-educated only on the tech part (building a machine from parts, installing a printer, ... this kind of stuff I learned when I was a kid ).
Regarding the system/network admin and IT project manager training, I graduated from a French university, in Paris. It's corresponding to a master's degree.

Those trainings were "time-split" : half of the time at the uni, and the other half in a company. I learned most of the things in the companies I worked for.

I don't have certifications like Cisco, MCSA, ITIL.. Mostly because I never took them, but I'm looking forward to pass them in the future.
(If I had them, I wouldn't be offering my services for $30/hour here)

Lacking the cert doesn't prevent me from knowing ITIL or how to handle some MS Active Directory.

That doesn't mean a lot, but I run AltDice.net for about a year and a half now.
I don't need certifications to come up with a secure platform, or to setup a blockchain explorer... whatever.

I know what I can do.
Enabling a round-robin DNS load balancing between two VPSes with an auto-replicating master/master database is something I know how to do, so why hold myself back ?

I also know what I can't do.
Like configuring some Cisco hardware.. I wouldn't know how to do that.
It doesn't mean that I lack the knowledge of the network, but I lack the knowledge of the Cisco appliances.

I highly value honesty and sincerity.

[jsmit332]

I also vouch for yogg.

[yogg]

I also vouch for yogg.

Thanks !

Bump. I'm available for work !

[roslinpl]

I also vouch for yogg.

I recommend Yogg too! 
He's trustworthy and skilled.


Best regards.

[yogg]

I recommend Yogg too! 
He's trustworthy and skilled.

Best regards.

Thanks for the nice words Roslin

I'm available for work. Feel free to contact me if you have any question about something.

[towedunder]

I just recently worked with yogg on two seperate things he is a great guy.  He knows his stuff and does an awsome job of teaching you if thats what you ask of him. I look forward to working with him again

[yogg]

I just recently worked with yogg on two seperate things he is a great guy.  He knows his stuff and does an awsome job of teaching you if thats what you ask of him. I look forward to working with him again

Thanks towedunder
Yeah, I helped with the setup of a blockchain explorer and a faucet for some altcoin.

I'm available to work on your projects if you need some assistance.