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Not always, for example:
"I saw this car just plough into the side of that bus! They didn't even slow down going through the red light!"
A single (singular) car hit the bus!
"They" can often be used interchangeably with "it", "he" and "she" in modern English.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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No use quoting incorrect usage.
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I'm sorry but since you appear to be a USian, presumably educated in the US, you clearly lack sufficient knowledge of correct usage to offer any valid opinion. 
I'm British. We invented the language! 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'm sure that they are plenty of folk in the UK who also misuse much of their language.
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Tsk tsk! Lady programmers never write kittycode, and its sexist of you to suggest that they might, therefore 'he' is quite correct. 
Besides, if they did, it would be a different synonym ...
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I know it looks like I am crapping on his parade (not my intent), but I am correct here from a grammatical point of view, not PC or political or sexism, etc.
Cheers.
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Sorry, but use of "he" or "him" or "man" or "men" in abstract context is always gender neutral. Such as "All men are created equal" includes by definition all women. This has been standard English usage for centuries. Only neocon-facist-feminazis want to scrub the use of male-seeming pronouns and adverbs from the language (usually in favor of female words).
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Does that mean they want to use "Womanager" instead of "Manager"? That's so wrong!
P.S. "Feminazi" is my new favourite word of the week!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Cool ! and quite appropriate. It fits well for the script kiddies.
I got something added to a few acronym dictionaries recently but it is not KSS. 
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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just say 'no:' [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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XKCD wins the day
I'd rather be phishing!
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Offside, ref! Are you blind?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That looks fun, cute and terrifying all at the same time
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Flipping over the chance to play?
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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It's pretty clear at the 1:00 mark that these are remote controlled. I'll be a lot more impressed when these are fully automated.
(or maybe it'll already be too late by then)
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If someone threw a stone and knocked you off your donkey, would you be considered stoned off your ass?
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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You have a donkey? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Yes, just as everything with eight legs now must be called a web developer.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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There are always web developers hiding behind every piece of furniture. No big deal here, but I once lived in a place where tarantulas and black widows were quite common. Not to speak of the web developers from Australia...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I didin't smoke. I only inhaled.
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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Nope, but I'll use it for the next buzzword bingo.
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