It's not what you know.
It's not even who you know.
It's what you know about who you know...
;^P
As a manager, he expects alot out of his employees. But it's not unusual to see him working late or weekends, along with the people he manages. In fact, the first time I ever got in trouble was for shutting down a server for maintenance at 11:30 PM on a Sunday night. It turns out he was running some reports using data from that server!
I've known him since 1989, and done support for him, and he knows that I'm the sort of tech who will "get it done," no matter what it takes. I once took a weekend trip with him to one of their remote offices, and when he said that he couldn't authorize the travel or overtime labor rates (which would have been $225/hr, at the time), I told him that if he'd take care of the room and food, I'd just tag along in case he needed me. It turned out he did, and we took care of the problem. But I think that impressed him. Now, 3 other employees and myself take care of 120 Windows 2000 Terminal Services servers, 1 Novell server, and about another 25 assorted database and application servers. It's a lot of work, and it's a challenge. But it's a job, and I'm getting a lot of good experience.
Mark