There are a lot of bullshit, layers and layers of utter bullshit in tech, that permeates the industry, and people regurgitate it like it is some sacred text tha

There are a lot of bullshit, layers and layers of utter bullshit in tech, that permeates the industry, and people regurgitate it like it is some sacred text that is sacrosanct. Every company has a certain amount of idiocies regarding best practices. Get used to it, or if you can't stomach it, and makes you uncomfortable leave the company. Extend your knowledge to other popular languages that gives you more leg to stand on. You won't find good critique. People are pussied into this nonsense that is you shall not critique others' works. But you can ask for it, from people you trust, but then it's again up to you whether you can filter the input. Go into forums and start arguing on the topics you are puzzled about. So attack the problem from different angles and once you have seen enough your brain will start to filter out the bullshit and you will know whether what you see is some nonsense or something good.