I think you are slightly confused as to what the other commenters are saying. You are assuming that they are saying that working with cars is irrelevant and that's not the case. I think we can all understand that outside experiences can aid in building software. I personally feel that all high schoolers should take industrial arts classes before graduating, whether it's auto shop, metal shop, or wood shop.
That said, the original posters were complaining that the headline is misleading. Jeff Bezos wasn't sitting at the BMW dealership waiting to pick up his car and found some diamond in the rough that could handle his AWS business. He found a candidate who was highly experienced with the right knowledge base to do the job and that candidate just happened to be a mechanic decades ago.
That said, the original posters were complaining that the headline is misleading. Jeff Bezos wasn't sitting at the BMW dealership waiting to pick up his car and found some diamond in the rough that could handle his AWS business. He found a candidate who was highly experienced with the right knowledge base to do the job and that candidate just happened to be a mechanic decades ago.