I don't mean it like that. I think you're probably being silly and/or missing the point. I should have probably said "the best sysadmins." I'm talking about the

I don't mean it like that. I think you're probably being silly and/or missing the point. I should have probably said "the best sysadmins." I'm talking about the ones who make magic happen on a regular basis. The go-to guys of the department. There are certain levels of sysadmins whom you can find who may not know your company's particular flavor of Linux that will still pick it up quickly because they grok the entirety of the "unix" mindset. It's difficult to grok the entirety of that mindset, however, with experience in only a handful of Linux distributions. I've worked with a few folks like this, and they aren't hamfisted, show-off rebels like a rock star. They are elegant, precise and quick. Like a rock star.