Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure he means "can make great things happen" trumps "7 years Java experience on the resume"
30 years experience doesn't mean much if it's the same year thirty times.
It's a good idea in general for small values of x:
x years experience doesn't mean much if it's the same year x times
Probably true for x On the other hand, a person still using the same coding skills they had in 1981 probably writes damn tight efficient code...or is a God of COBOL .