Best I can say is, browse All on lemmy and Live Feeds / All on mastodon. You'll at least see some people and communities you want to follow. You gotta grow it organically here, with no algorithm to help. It's harder, but it's better.
We all are. Even the tech lead at the top of your program is only good at what they're good at (bad attempt at humor removed) Nobody knows everything and most of us are just googling stackoverflow like you are.
And by "concerted focused effort" does that mean we beat them within an inch of their lives until they promise never to do it again? Because that's what it's gonna take.
Many studies are ongoing, some with very positive results. Of course, they're being hamstrung at every turn by conservative shitheads who want us all at the mercy of capitalism.
You're basically just trying to sell doom & gloom to discourage people from wanting what is eminently attainable. Your reasons for doing so are your own, but one wonders if you're just thoroughly indoctrinated, or if you have some other interest at stake.
I apologize. That was meant to be a humorous commiseration on the state of a profession that tends to be gender biased, but clearly I missed.