Hope I don't step on a landmine here, please take the following in "good faith". This is something I've struggled with understanding. With all jobs I've had (

Hope I don't step on a landmine here, please take the following in "good faith". This is something I've struggled with understanding. With all jobs I've had (stacking shelves, software dev) the lack of diversity hasn't been something I've at least recognised as the faults of the team / company. The reason the product hasn't achieved the deadline / high-praise is usually down to bad management, bad technical decisions, over promising, etc. Now if we had more women on the team, or more non-whites that could have changed things, but I'm still left a little sceptical that would have made a big enough difference. The other problem is the what I call the "sports-team" problem (sorry if this has an actual name): when picking players for a football (soccer) team to, lets say, compete in the World Cup, you pick the best players you can get hold of - regardless of their "identity". If a diverse player doesn't want to join your team because of all the whites, then offer them more money if you think they are worth it. Why shouldn't this translate to software teams? Do you just end up with all the 10x "bros" and a bad product? I get that more diverse = more moral. But does that mean your competition will be able to out-compete you? If that's the case then there's no hope if "go woke, go broke".