One does not have to look far from our current field to find similar rituals. More than one capital-A style agile consultants have told me that they don't real

One does not have to look far from our current field to find similar rituals. More than one capital-A style agile consultants have told me that they don't really believe their scripture but the job pays well. I can believe that. I work with Kubernetes-shaped objects, and the rituals we go through can not in any way be technically motivated. But there are conferences held and new software written so who cares, really. Nobody really needs this stuff and we all know it.