Comment by EnPissant

I think the entire story was made up, but certainly the author admits much of it was made up.

> 4. If you are not 100% sure of the details, then why are there so many details in the story?

> Because with the details, the story looks much better. Do you really think that if I started each sentence with the words “I don’t remember exactly, but it seems to be ...”, then something would have changed? In the end, at the very beginning, I warned that some minor details were changed, and some were intentionally omitted - just to make the story better.

> The second important point is the site where the story was first published. I sent this story to the SAGE (System Administrators Guild) mailing list in the "incredible challenges" section. These were just stories about the most incredible tasks that management sometimes puts to system administrators.

And let's not forget the the post ends with:

> I'm looking for work. If you need a SAGE Level IV with 10 years Perl, tool development, training, and architecture experience, please email me at trey@sage.org. I'm willing to relocate for the right opportunity.

Which I think was the true purpose of the (to me) made up story.