Why is going to school for a subject a proxy for competency? Jason works for the Internet Archive. Perhaps "archivists" might consider more real world experience versus academic exercises?
Not to mention that Archives is historically a female dominated industry. This is a real world example of a loud, boisterous man "disrupting" an industry.
If someone thinks they can do better, they are free to try. No one is gatekeeping their attempt. Help yourself to some storage & VMs and write some code. If you do better (regardless of gender), everyone benefits.
[1] It's not bad to be able to wild west it and cowboy shit in non-regulated industries, where someone's life safety, finances, etc aren't at stake. Two cents.