Clickbait aside, they say they don't go out of their way to hire female developers. Ie, they don't positively discriminate; make diversity hires. A couple of c

Clickbait aside, they say they don't go out of their way to hire female developers. Ie, they don't positively discriminate; make diversity hires. A couple of comments here have mentioned that perhaps women don't apply to be in a small, all-male team because it's all male. And that by extension, diversity (in gender and race) might have its own value for attracting the very best developers, even if those that you hire to get there aren't the best candidates amongst their interview peers. (I get that there are other values in diverse teams, that's not what I'm focussing on here though. I'm talking about attracting future hires.) Part of that makes sense to me. Does anybody know if there's any data backing it up? Do pure diversity hires make for more attractive work environments for future candidates?