Is a CS grad really that much more capable of creating a native Windows UI application than a "bootcamp-graduated js-monkey?"

I certainly did not learn anything Windows related as a CS major and little to nothing about UI/UX.

Calling people "js-monkeys" is a bad look. We can have a conversation about the quality of applications on different frameworks without stereotyping an entire group of people.

This is a major reason many companies that start native, then try to scale to 100+ person eng teams often end up incorporating web views, and then switching over entirely. Saw this happen personally for our desktop client at Dropbox.

I’m quite sure Microsoft has enough applicants to filter such candidates and only go with experienced or competent web developers.