I think you misunderstood my intention. I don't go into the hiring process explicitly thinking about the ideal hire from an age/sex/race point of view. I look

I think you misunderstood my intention. I don't go into the hiring process explicitly thinking about the ideal hire from an age/sex/race point of view. I look for a series of soft skills, because I personally believe it's easier to teach technical skills, than it is to teach a person new ways of thinking... or give them experience to avoid common pitfalls. My point though is that the set of attributes I care most about, are biased. If I looked for "new fad technology" experience first, I might find a few old guys, but i'll probably end up with a larger pool of young guys excited to try new things... which I DO want on the team too, but I don't want a whole team of them.