The part you quote is followed by: "I was expecting a bigger difference between more/less experienced developers, ..." So the article is saying that there is l

The part you quote is followed by: "I was expecting a bigger difference between more/less experienced developers, ..." So the article is saying that there is lots of Kotlin love from experienced developers (and this is as expected) but they were suprised to also see similar results with junior developers and students. The text of the survey resluts page (linked in the article) makes the same point somewhat more clearly: "In its early days Kotlin was being picked up mostly by experienced and professional developers, but since the announcement its usage has exploded with newer developers, especially students."