Damn there are some clever people out there

The technical computing world is populated with some scarily intelligent people, seemingly brought up from an early age on complex algorithms and deep mathematical theory. Unfortunately I am not, and will never be, one of these people no matter how hard I try, so I have to look for other ways to make myself useful.
Luckily, skills developed in the enterprise world are also useful when managing Windows HPC Server, as a lot of the building blocks are common. Aside from a technical tool belt armed with AD, SQL Server, WDS, DNS etc etc, some of the softer skills can be very useful too. Knowledge and experience of support processes, project management, incident resolution, dealing with customers, and service delivery are all as applicable in the HPC world as any other environment.
After all, your carefully constructed and configured cluster is providing a service to your customers which is often as critical as any enterprise offering.