That quote (and you misquoted, btw) is from an interview discussing his working relationship with Dennis Ritchie. The particular quote is from a section of the

That quote (and you misquoted, btw) is from an interview discussing his working relationship with Dennis Ritchie. The particular quote is from a section of the article titled "On Collaborating With Dennis Ritchie" "Dr. Dobb's: Was there any concept of looking at each other's code or doing code reviews? Thompson: [Shaking head] We were all pretty good coders." Nothing to do with Rob Pike, who has worked with Ken for decades since.