The idea of the agile manifesto is great. The implementation sucks. As-is-done the value proposition of the management style is in the negative. This negative v

The idea of the agile manifesto is great. The implementation sucks. As-is-done the value proposition of the management style is in the negative. This negative value, aka cost, is then used to support extra roles nobody needs - scrum masters, agile consultants, etc. From a, e.g., YC POV, agile is great, because you can sell useless cloud-worded services surrounding it. From a dev POV, out of the trenches, it's an annoying fad - at best.