> I want them hustling to encourage women, minorities, veterans, old-timers, re-inventors, people with nonstandard educational paths I'm a vet. This is a band-

> I want them hustling to encourage women, minorities, veterans, old-timers, re-inventors, people with nonstandard educational paths I'm a vet. This is a band-aid and I'd discourage you from thinking this way because it's short term at best. If you want to hire more vets then companies need to find where vets are. Some of us use our VA benefits and get a degree, others meet the stress of post-separation and collapse. Both will still end up in the field, but companies will not train or treat them the same. That's why companies are now doing that whole, "atypical background" search. Apprenticeship programs within companies would also strengthen vet (and other DEI category) numbers given the absence of an industry wide apprenticeship program. It was always my opinion that if the goal is more diverse hiring then more diverse sourcing is required.