Amazon Future Engineer Program
Posted on November 1st, 2018 by Mary Lord
Amazon Future Engineer, a new education initiative launched by online retail giant Amazon, offers free computer science online lessons and coding camps for elementary students, paid-for introductory and Advanced Placement (AP) computer science courses, and college scholarships students pursuing degrees in computer science.
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