This quote does not literally say or imply one should self medicate. This quote in context appears to misrepresent the lethal dosage of the medication.
A quick skim of the article does not show any quote stating you should self medicate. There are quotes misrepresenting which stage of approval it is in.
The whole program is ~20k. Each course is ~2k. There are some additional fees like exams. The previous semester was probably ~3-5hrs per course. This semester my most difficult course is upwards of 10hrs weekly to complete labs. This is not including actual lecture content and quizzes (probably another 5hrs).
This is clearly not a recommended process. GCP probably does not want a user to check the box and not understand the consequences given how severe they could be.
I’ve found #8 to be very important. If you don’t allow for revisions you get code rot and suddenly every new feature becomes exponentially more difficult to implement.