How to check the programmer's work on setting up the server?

Question

System administration

Good afternoon!
The programmer assures that he has done a great job of setting up a new dedicated server. Is there a way to check its work, provided that you do not understand these matters in any way?
I know I want a lot, but are there any options available?
PS Or is it worth taking a word, given that this is the first collaboration?

Answer 1

How to check the programmer's work on setting up the server?

Invite an expert, assign him a task and pay for the assessment services.

Or is it worth taking our word for it, given that this is the first collaboration?

Some things to consider

• Try to trust the server setup to professionals - when the server is set up by cleaners, programmers, financiers, and other left-wing people, this is not the best idea.
  
• For any work, a technical task is drawn up - a clear list of what needs to be done. Then there will be no questions about the work done.
  

Answer 2

Hire someone who understands to test

Answer 3

See what the task was.
What does server setting mean?
If you install a web server with php, then it takes plus or minus half an hour, if you also throw the site on top and fix the configs.

Answer 4

A counter question: if you were not ready to accept work from the contractor, why did you hire a contractor at all and waste both your time and his time?

Answer 5

Hire someone who will estimate the labor costs for setting up. Then hire someone who estimates someone who estimates setup costs...

Answer 6

The programmer claims that he did a great job setting up a new dedicated server

Uh .... is he really a programmer? Or do you think "programmer" - anyone who works with computers? Programmers - they write programs :)

Answer 7

Hire the one who will check, then the one who will double-check, then hire the one who will double-check the two previous checks again and then hire the last double-check on the control.

Answer 8

Bullshit. There are tz. There is a payment amount. Let's complete the task and get the loot! How to check that the task is completed? Probably if everything works, then everything that was asked to be done was done! The quality of work is carried out with the help of third-party contractors. I see hundreds of "customer experts" who know better than me what had to be done. And they don't want to pay. Necessary! And they pay! That's why lately I have to be more a lawyer than a programmer!