Jim Geist is a professional in their field. Colleagues describe him as "It was a pleasure to work with (and for) Jim for over two years. I count Jim among the most highly intelligent and gifted engineers I have worked with, and have always been impressed with his broad experience and abilities. Jim is able to pick up new technologies and be comfortable designing, implementing, and architecting software built upon them in short timeframes. For instance, within one week of being introduced to Xbox 360, Jim was fluently debugging through assembly language in a kernel debugger and writing useful debugger extensions to help Mass Effect ship. As a lead, he held widespread respect amongst his peers and reports – enabling a team to build out a new platform and game genre from scratch at startup – 1 vs 100. Jim would be a great asset to any software development team, and I highly recommend working with him if given the opportunity." and "Jim is by far one of the best developers I have ever worked with. On top of his seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of the product and programming in general, he’s just plain fun to work with. I have never seen him be anything but conscientious and respectful of those he works with, and his ability to explain complex problems in simple terms can be invaluable in quickly solving problems and getting everyone on board. His enthusiasm is infectious and should be a welcome addition to any team environment."