Is it misleading? It sounds like he's basically saying, "the junior devs said it's the worst thing they've ever seen, but they're just junior devs with no experience, so what do they know? It's gonna be good, trust me." It actually sounds even worse once you have the context.

Is it misleading? It sounds like he's basically saying, "the junior devs said it's the worst thing they've ever seen, but they're just junior devs with no experience, so what do they know? It's gonna be good, trust me." So not only is he admitting that the devs really said that, but that the devs are inexperienced.