Actually, I'm surprised no one else touched on this part yet: See, experience is cheap. All it takes is time. Skill is harder, but really only requires hard

Actually, I'm surprised no one else touched on this part yet: See, experience is cheap. All it takes is time. Skill is harder, but really only requires hard work — a lot of people can get that. But attitude. You either have it, or you don’t. So, what he's saying is, experience is cheap, hard work is cheap (seriously???), but attitude, now that's worth something? I think I see the point about his programmers beating up everyone else's. I say, let him have all the attitude he can choke on. I'll settle for the hard work and experience, thankuveddymuch!