That might work for him running a small business. How do you think those images you 'just spin up' at a cloud provider are made? Who makes sure the boxes that run those images you've just brought up have power and run smoothly?
His point is that Amazon hires sysadmins, not him.
However, that seems based on a very narrow definition or understanding of what a "sysadmin" is or does for the business.
I identify "sysadmin" with "operations" but perhaps others see it differently.
