[hardware2win]

Probably hobbyists were more likely to join rust side after learning about its pros?

[steveklabnik]

People working at Google are by definition not hobbyists.

[hardware2win]

Ok, people with "passion" then

[dureuill]

In the Q&A from the video, there's a question very similar to yours.

As an answer, Lars specifies that these are regular engineers who were asked to learn Rust, and not early adopters who like shiny things.