Sounds like he dropped out of a graduate degree from Stanford. If his undergrad degree from UT Austin he might have a plausible fig leaf to go around calling himself &quot;a computer scientist&quot;. Though I certainly wouldn&#x27;t call somebody who with just an undergraduate degree a &quot;scientist&quot; in any field unless they&#x27;ve proven themselves by practicing such science in a credible manner for a reasonable period of time.