This is shameless pandering by Amazon and I consider it insulting to their employees who are software developers. The idea that people working menial warehouse

This is shameless pandering by Amazon and I consider it insulting to their employees who are software developers. The idea that people working menial warehouse jobs just need a little extra help to become software developers is ridiculous. Imagine if instead of "software developers" you replaced it with "doctors", that would seem pretty ridiculous wouldn't it? The barriers to entry for becoming a software developer are already extremely low, you just need a computer and internet connection and that's all I had when I started learning. The reality is that it is a job most people simply are not cut out for much in the same way as other intellectually rigorous jobs. If Amazon was serious about helping these people they would figure a realistic step up to train these people for and not some publicity stunt that realistically very few of these workers would be able to benefit from.