Platform Setup — Profiles, Rates, Checklist

Target platforms (3, not spread thin)

Upwork — highest-intent freelance gigs (Proxmox/AI infra buyers actively hire here)
Reddit — reputation + inbound (r/homelab, r/selfhosted, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ollama)
Gumroad — package the R630 GPU→Ollama build as a paid guide (passive income)

Fiverr is optional 4th; skip it initially — Upwork + Reddit + Gumroad is the right concentration. Fiverr's race-to-the-bottom pricing fights the premium positioning.

Rate research (comparable listings)

Proxmox VE / homelab specialists on Upwork: $40–$100/hr (generalists $40–60, deep infra $75–100)
GPU passthrough + local AI infra: $75–$150/hr (niche, high demand, low supply)
Embedded/Android TV/ESP32: $50–$100/hr
Gumroad tech guides: $9–$49 one-time

Recommended anchor: $75/hr (freelance) + $19 guide (Gumroad). Anchor high — the Maxwell/Vulkan and 100K-context wins are genuinely above-commodity. Don't list $20/hr; it signals "will do anything" and attracts the worst clients.

1. Upwork profile (ready to paste)

Title:

Self-Hosted AI & Homelab Infrastructure — GPU Passthrough, Ollama, Proxmox

Overview:

I get local AI running on hardware you own — instead of renting a cloud API.

I've built a 4-lane multi-GPU LLM architecture across an RTX 4080 SUPER, RTX 3070,
and a retired Dell R630 (Quadro M4000), with a single model standard and per-lane
latency/VRAM routing. Highlights I can reproduce for you:

• GPU passthrough + Ollama on Proxmox (incl. the CUDA→Vulkan migration when Ollama
  dropped Maxwell support — a non-obvious fix most people burn hours on)
• 100K-token context on 16GB VRAM with zero CPU offload (Flash Attention + KV-cache quant)
• Multi-host Ollama routing: premium / batch / always-on lanes
• Homelab: Proxmox, Docker, ZFS (SLOG/L2ARC), backups (PBS), networking
• Hardware: Android TV rooting (Magisk/Amlogic), ESP32-S3 firmware, ADB automation

If you want a local LLM running on your GPU and it won't cooperate — I can fix it.

Skills/tags: Proxmox VE, GPU Passthrough, Ollama, LLM, Self-Hosted, Docker, Linux System Administration, ZFS, Homelab, NVIDIA CUDA, Vulkan.

Rate: $75/hr.

Portfolio items: attach the 3 pieces in portfolio/ (R630 GPU/Ollama, multi-GPU routing, SK4 Pro rooting).

2. Reddit presence (reputation, not a storefront)

Handle suggestion: something credible and technical (e.g. selfhosted-gpu-guy or your existing handle). Do NOT spam links — answer help threads, drop the portfolio link only when it's genuinely relevant.

Primary subs:

r/LocalLLaMA — where "Ollama won't use my GPU" lives
r/homelab — Proxmox/GPU passthrough audience
r/selfhosted — self-hosted AI
r/ollama — direct model/GPU troubleshooting

Approach: Help first. Each answer = proof of expertise. Link the Gumroad guide or Upwork profile only when someone explicitly wants it done-for-them.

3. Gumroad listing (paid guide)

Title: Run Ollama on Your Own GPU: The R630 Passthrough & Multi-GPU Routing Guide

Pitch:

The exact steps to take a retired server (or any NVIDIA GPU) and turn it into a 24/7 local LLM box — including the CUDA→Vulkan fallback fix, 100K-context-on-16GB config, and multi-host routing. Written from a real 3-GPU deployment, not theory.

Price: $19 (or $12 launch).

Contents:

Hardware + driver setup (incl. Maxwell/Vulkan gotcha)
Ollama as a systemd service (LAN-open, keep_alive, model pinning)
100K ctx on 16GB VRAM (Flash Attention + KV-cache q4_0)
Multi-GPU lane routing architecture
Troubleshooting: ollama ps, nvidia-smi, cold-model timeouts

Setup checklist (what's DONE vs what needs YOU)

✅ Done (files ready in this repo)

Positioning statement + bio (positioning.md)
3 portfolio pieces (portfolio/)
Upwork/Fiverr profile copy (above)
Gumroad listing copy (above)
Outreach targets + drafted messages (outreach.md)

🔐 Requires your identity/verification (can't be automated — and I won't fake it)

Upwork: gov ID verification, real phone, tax info (W-9/W-8), bank payout. Needs you.
Gumroad/Ko-fi: email + payout method (bank/PayPal). Needs you.
Reddit: your real account (or an aged account) — reputation can't be faked. Needs you.

🚦 Sequence

You create/verify the 3 accounts (I can't do ID verification).
Paste the profile copy above (it's done).
Attach the 3 portfolio pieces.
I hand you the outreach messages; you send from your accounts (fresh accounts + mass DMs = ban risk, so it has to be human-paced from your real account).

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