I worked with Mike at Sphere through its buyout and subsequent spin-off. He's the most skilled sysadmin I've met and is one of the few people in the world who i

I worked with Mike at Sphere through its buyout and subsequent spin-off. He's the most skilled sysadmin I've met and is one of the few people in the world who is completely honest in everything he does. Even though he knocks it, Mike's perl and python looked pretty good to me (but I'm just a php hack). On top of that, Mike's knowledge of the shell and the tools that come with it (grep, awk, sed, etc.) is truly a thing to behold. And because of who he is he's happy to help you learn it as well. So: smart, honest, hard working, excellent at what he does and generous with his knowledge. You don't find many sysadmins like that.