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You should beware of MacDonalds and Starbucks though as soon as they start feel feel shortages ;).
This is exactly the idea
There are some other ways you can pose this question: 1) Can female gender be seen as an additional advantage by the hiring party? 2) Do women developers need any extra help to eventually get parity with men in the software development industry?
The simple answer is that this matters to many people: e.g. a company wants to get closer to a gender balance in their workforce. Also, only 14% of engineering jobs in teh US are currently occupied by women: https://insights.dice.com/2018/01/12/relatively-few-women-en...
Does this make sense?
This is more a marketplace product than saas - hence the way it works.
You are right: the more the amount of the tech debt amassed, the longer the learning curve. Still better if the devs can start from tomorrow, right ;). Also, once the team becomes familiar with the legacy code once, all further support is much easier.
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