Wow, I would have expected you to have been here before him and be teaching him how to get a witness node up.
I really wish I was around during the beginning days. I feel like I missed so much, but I am not sure I would have given it the time of day being so uncertain in those days.
Others helped me a bit when I was getting my second start trying to mine. But nobody had posted anything comprehensive on-chain (@steemed had posted something that got me some of the way though).