Author here, yes, I fully agree about all you said especially certifications and dogma. How can you have a certification, in something that is a list of half a dozen goals? By getting a certification in something else, that isn't Agile!

> managing people instead of about satisfying customers.

I wrote another article that somewhat alludes to this, it's linked at the start of this one. If I'm not helping people, either customers, or developers by making their jobs easier, then what exactly am I doing as a professional?