why would anyone want to achieve a 50:50 gender ratio for new software engineer hires? you should simply aim for hiring the best software engineer despite their

why would anyone want to achieve a 50:50 gender ratio for new software engineer hires? you should simply aim for hiring the best software engineer despite their gender/age/color. The only ratio you could try to achieve would be to have 50:50 applicants for the roles and the select the best candidates. Or will you hire a female even if she sucks at the job because your team is only made of males? Are you filling a sticker collection or building a team?