I admit that it might be tempting to automatically associate "Pete" with any not-so-capable principal devs he may have worked with at Microsoft, but that seems

I admit that it might be tempting to automatically associate "Pete" with any not-so-capable principal devs he may have worked with at Microsoft, but that seems like a bad prejudice to be carrying around if you're interested in hiring the best people to make your business successful. At least he's open about his prejudice, which I guess is doing those job hunters from Microsoft a favor.