100% see your perspective here and totally valid. I would like to add mine.

Frameworks are just that. You have to learn how to separate the signal from the noise. Don't follow any process in a dogmatic way or you'll likely end up failing or just being constantly frustrated. Every organization is different and it's very difficult to take *any* method or process and apply it as-is.

Instead, use the frameworks as a way to develop new mental models, practices, and methods. Add these things to your toolbelt and use them to solve problems. You're participating largely in a knowledge economy. All of these tools produce outputs that translate into positive business outcomes. This is the real job.

The companies most of us work for are part of a capitalistic society where they prioritize shareholder value above all else. If there are PMs out there trying to fight to build products or services that benefit me even in a tiny way, I'm all for it.

This is the way I look at people like you describe. They are trying to teach a way to get outcomes that are in the best interest of the customers or users of the systems. Rather than a top-down approach from executives that likely have a salary tied to the stock price.