Definitely. It's hard to sit comfortably with passages like "Unfortunately, for Microsoft and .NET, I left the company in 1998. The .NET team made a number of significant mistakes."

Yeah, especially considering how much more of a nightmare COM and the rest of the .NET predecessors were which he was involved with, as compared to .NET, which he wasn't.

Maybe he's spot on, maybe not. But one thing is for sure; his story does not contain a trace of humility.

I got the same vibe too... I don't know exactly if what he says is true (or if it's just exaggerations) but the way he says it doesn't make me want to meet him. Especially the passage on OMG made me cringe...

Nope, didn't get that vibe at all.

How many times did this guy use "I did blah blah" in his mail ... most egotistical thing I have ever heard, atleast Linus Torvalds does it sarcastically, I think this guy was really serious about everything !!

it was a response to Joel's claim that the only thing this guy did at msft was have lunch with Bill G. The links backing this up are on the reddit thread.

he may be bitter because when hired he took the choice of a bigger salary and the corner office in lieu of stock options