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Given the context, it's pretty clear he is talking about their target market, not about their employees. Do you only work on things you're going to use yourself
by jsnell 2y ago
Given the context, it's pretty clear he is talking about their target market, not about their employees. Do you only work on things you're going to use yourself?
Edit:
Look, this is what the article says:
> In essence, Replit’s latest customer base is a new breed of coder: The ones who don’t know the first thing about code.
> “We don’t care about professional coders anymore,” Masad said.
Rather than the outrage-bait this was turned into, the quote was entirely about who their customers are. And it makes perfect sense. What kind of a professional programmer would use these their tools anyway?