> Satya wasn't an engineer at microsoft.

This is true, strictly speaking. But (also strictly speaking) he was an engineer

> Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet[7] before receiving a bachelor's in electrical engineering[8] from the Manipal Institute of Technology (then part of Mangalore University) in Karnataka in 1988.[9][10] Nadella subsequently traveled to the U.S. to study for an M.S. in computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee,[11][12] receiving his degree in 1990.[13] Later, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[14]

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_Nadella)

And that's all GP said.

> Good to see an engineer taking helm of the company from the previous CEOs which were from sales.

Rometty also has an engineering degree. Neither of them seemed to have ever worked as engineers. I don’t see how he’s more of an engineer then she is.

Nadella was a Program Manager at Microsoft.

And? He started as an engineer. GP didn't say he had to be an engineer at his current company.