I get the feeling that he sees himself that way and I can relate to that a bit. Seeing these applications... well, they're full of people coming from the best

I get the feeling that he sees himself that way and I can relate to that a bit. Seeing these applications... well, they're full of people coming from the best schools in the world, having the best connections one can imagine, usually having several successful startups under their belt - or, barring that, they're often behind immensely successful open source projects. They're people who seem to have been recognized as absolutely amazing from early childhood on. I think it's natural that this can feel a bit intimidating, and yes, sometimes these amazing people can come off as a bit standardized themselves, too.