[beretguy]

> They were one of those people…

I’m confused. Was it 1 person or a group of people?

[notfish]

They can be used as a single person genderless pronoun.

[radiojosh]

That seemed rhetorical. I'm hoping it was intended ironically.

[beretguy]

OP said:

> The best dev I’ve ever worked with

So they knew the person in real life. Why use “they” when they could use correct pronoun? I’m not native English speaker and it confuses me when people do that.