The traditional way has its costs and benefits (one insanely wasteful and expensive path that opens up lots of opportunities), as does the MIRI way (a somewhat time-consuming path that opens up a single opportunity). It seems like there’s room for improvement in both, but both are obviously much closer to each other than either one is to Scientology, and that was the absurd comparison I was arguing against in my original comment. And that comparison doesn’t get any less absurd just because getting a computer science degree is a qualification for a lot of things.
… And? What point do you think I’m arguing?
The traditional way has its costs and benefits (one insanely wasteful and expensive path that opens up lots of opportunities), as does the MIRI way (a somewhat time-consuming path that opens up a single opportunity). It seems like there’s room for improvement in both, but both are obviously much closer to each other than either one is to Scientology, and that was the absurd comparison I was arguing against in my original comment. And that comparison doesn’t get any less absurd just because getting a computer science degree is a qualification for a lot of things.