content: I don't know about that. If you are making pity hires, you are going to fail. There is nothing worse than working on a team where you have one person that isn't quite cutting it, misses deadlines or tries to operate out of process.  I sat in a code review meeting with 8 top-notch developers. I was the only white male in the room. 2 were women, 4 were Indian, 2 Chinese and a black kid. not a single one was hired because of anything except their raw ability.