You are assuming it is a problem, there is your political judgement. Why should all genders and races be represented equally in all occupations? Pertinent dictum: Strive for equality of opportunity not equality of outcomes.
"The fact that skills learned by training do not transfer across different domains seems to be a universal in human cognition. In other words, you get better, at best, at what you train in – which may just sound just like good old fashioned common sense."
Cookiecaper, I understand where you are coming from but complaining only makes you look like a sore loser. You are not helping your position by this post. Consider taking constructive action.
you started the company having already a pool of people you knew and trusted.
What if you don't have that? I'm worried about security aspects, hacking, etc...
How is it possible to start a company with remote hires and still have trust that they won't run away with your code, etc... Especially if the remote hires are in another jurisdiction where legal recourse might be hard or impossible?
Legs are stronger than your back. So a good load for the legs will probably be too much for the back. Also there is only a limited amount of repeated compression that the vertebral discs can handle.