That video does not definitively show that he "does not recognize VBA people as programmers". At best, he marginalizes VBA programmers, but I don't think anyone who's spent extensive time writing software would seriously discount VBA people as programmers. I would say the problem lies more in the accessibility of VBA in it's relationship to MS Office in that you can learn quote a bit just by simply recording macros, but not actually learn how to properly program in VBA or even use all the many tools VBA has to offer. Those types of people should be discounted, but not the entire class. —
Jaberwocky 5 secs ago