Where can I find freelance sysadmins and developers to assist me?

7 points by moonspore 14y ago ↗ HN

I am a sysadmin and developer, but I am starting to get busy and need some help from time to time. I want to hire someone as a freelancer to assist me with my projects once in a while and also who can explain a few things I don't fully understand. I need a few shell scripts written for automation (Linux), some help setting up and configuring some software, and also just need help with a few other little odd job things here and there as they come up. I need someone who can do development and someone who can do sysadmin (CentOS / RHEL). I would be ok hiring one person who can do both, or multiple people, but I can't seem to find a good resource to do so.<p>Ideally I'd like someone affordable, competent, and somewhat available.<p>Does anyone know of a good place to find such people? Or have a referral?

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prinny 14y ago ↗

I hear good things about http://odesk.com/.

ephan172 14y ago ↗

I second odesk is the way to go..But if what you need isn't too complicated I can be your guy,I run 3 vps(s) maintaining openvpn,a django website I developed and so on.Let me know,I have alot of time.

caw 14y ago ↗

Besides the aforementioned virtual worker websites, you could try the monthly freelancer thread on HN, but I don't think there's too many sysadmin types that lurk there. It's worth a shot.

I'd be more than willing to answer some of your questions if I can, and I'd be interested in hearing what type of work you have. My email is in my profile.

semanticist 14y ago ↗

At least two of us posted looking for sysadmin work on the HN freelancer thread! (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3914001)

I'm big on automation using configuration management, although that's only really beneficial (cost-wise) once you have more than two-three servers/VMs.

Drop me an email if you want to discuss it a bit more: john@semantici.st

mootothemax 14y ago ↗

Ideally I'd like someone affordable, competent, and somewhat available

I'm competent at general sysadmin with CentOS, and definitely so with general development. My freelancing doesn't leave with me huge amounts of free time, but there's often a few hours, or a couple of days in the month.

Drop me a line, I'd be happy to discuss your requirements with you further: tom@tbbpolska.com :)