You don't need to know the technical side, in fact, I highly recommend to pay someone with SBD to set this shit up for you.
In 3 months I didn't need to touch my server and when I need help I just ask one of my witness friends, so the technical side is highly overrated and high tier witnesses will lie to you about it to artificially boost their social status aka they fool you which is a reason to remove your vote from them.
Besides that, you will never get into the top 20 if they don't want you there. The whales that exclusively sell their votes for a ton of cash think otherwise tho.
In other words, technical skill & networking don't play a role. If you have cash and don't care about how you reach the top then this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Pay some whales to give you their vote, you gotta talk with them first tho and the top 20 won't be so happy when they see that their favorite whale removed their vote to give it to your ass.
Sucking the dicks of the whales and top 20 witnesses will get you far too, in fact, most women and even many dudes here on Steem do it for $$$ just like in real life.
Talking with witnesses and not asking for upvotes all while being a Minnow that helps the community to grow won't get you anywhere.
In fact, most don't give a shit about the community and that is no secret.
SteemSchool Website: Website
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My ultimate goal as a Steem Witness is to improve the quality on many Steem based platforms and to maintain the Steem blockchain.
If you value what I do I would be happy if you would vote for me at the bottom of the Witness voting page. Simply scroll down, enter "valorforfreedom" click on vote and that's it. If I am in the top 50 you can also just vote for me there.
You can also vote for me by clicking on the picture below with my account name in it. Afterwards you simply have to log in with Steemconnect and I will receive your vote.
SteemSchool Website: Website
SteemSchool Discord Community: Discord