Who:
Michael Skora: Computing Infrastructure Geek for Facilities & Operations at the University of Michigan. (See “What” below.)
What:
System Administrator ( GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, .*BSD, VMware vSphere ( HA, DRS ), Windows .*, HP-UX, Solaris, .* ) Web Master ( Apache, IIS, Tomcat, WordPress, .* ) Firewall Administrator ( Check Point, OpenBSD+CARP+pf+relayd, iptables, Cisco ASA, .* ) DBA ( Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL ) Programmer ( PHP, JavaScript, shell, PowerShell, Python, .* ) Graphic Designer Network Administrator ( Cisco, Juniper, Ubiquiti ) SAN Administrator ( HPE, Brocade, iSCSI ) Web Accessibility and Usability Specialist Computer / Network Security Professional Project Manager, et cetera, yadda yadda, × concurrently
When:
Where:
Close enough to campus to commute by bicycle… even in the winter.
Why:
No one knows. If they say they do, they’re lying. See also: 
How:
Current theory postulates a big bang and lots of particles, but still no answer to “Why”.
Best Practices:
A nice guide is here.
Information:
bicycling on campus, year round, IPv4 Calc in JavaScript, Inexpensive 10 GbE