Love it. "Ohhh, it's ok that I don't know what I'm doing. It's not my money, I'm just responsible for it".

I am learning this stuff right now.
cool it on the kid. He's doing a job and reaching out to get up to speed. I would question the management not him, and hope they have some serious QA in place before this code goes prime time.
note to big money btc build out projects (pay attention winklevi)... don't let your developers post questions on this site without being trained, and even then their posts can't be associated with the project (biz/social media 101)