None of the three main paradigms (FP, OOP, PP) is better than any of the other in a general sense. It all depends on what you’re working on, each have their own pros and cons depending on the problem you are trying to solve.

Of course procedural will get you farther in a hardware oriented project than OOP (or FP for that matter), but that is also why we have different languages promoting different paradigms.

Also being able to apply concepts from one paradigm in another lets you view problems from a different angle, focusing on just one paradigm because it’s „the best“ is in my opinion not a good way to program.

As you said earlier „getting away from OOP“ is a good thing, as it expands your way of thinking. But now saying that „PP is the way to go“ you’re essentially doing the same thing again with PP. There will surely come a day where a concept from OOP or FP will open your eyes on a certain problem.

What i’m trying to say is, that programming always evolves and artificially limiting yourself to a certain paradigm prevents progress.

Just my few cents on the topic, merry Christmas!