I'm going to go the "touch feely" route: Curiosity (How does that do that? How can I do that?) Imagination (I think I can do that better, or cooler, etc...

I'm going to go the "touch feely" route: Curiosity (How does that do that? How can I do that?) Imagination (I think I can do that better, or cooler, etc... This may be optional, administrators may not need that as much.) Drive (Not just talking or thinking about stuff but doing it.) Persistence ("Crash on ME? oh, yeah? Well, how about I do this!") Patience (if there isn't a way now there will be sooner or later)