Tbh a resourceful person can be a great witness. Technical knowledge helps and always has a plus point. But a person with no passion and full of greed will fail even with the technical or non-technical know how. This is why I love Steem. Community building skills are as important as technical skills. Ultimately STEEM is nothing without people. Apps are nothing without users. Being a community builder such as yourself can become a witness as well @futurethinker. I know you will find a right team to keep your servers up and running 247365. 😎 would happily vote you ;)
I will always choose a great leader over a great coder/technician.
I agree it might be even better for witnesses to be companies like what we see with EOS, and thanks man. :)