I assume you watched the video? (I recorded and posted it) Personally, I actually thought he was pretty modest overall. He did mention his academic backgroun

I assume you watched the video? (I recorded and posted it) Personally, I actually thought he was pretty modest overall. He did mention his academic background and 'hacker credentials' when he was discussing functional programming languages and Haskell in particular, but other than that I didn't think he came across like he was promoting himself. I've been running this users' group for 12 years and I've seen much bigger egos from people who didn't have ESR's credentials.