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Hey there, I’m a grad student studying Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in computer vision. Anyway, I’m going backpacking this summer in Spain but I’m thinking about what to do next if I can’t get someone to pay for a PhD or if I’m ready to be done after this next year. Happy to talk with people and start making connections, etc.

I am a career changer from aviation. I was a professional pilot for over a decade and always hobby programmed here and there on the side. I got sick and my eyes got messed up a bit so flying is out (turns out they frown on flying when you cannot see well), but I can still write code, so it’s time for a new adventure.

I have a BS in Aviation, a BS in Math, and my current masters program is mostly focused on comp sci and stats. Personally, I’m really interested in building tools and just generally seeing where we can leverage these tools to make people’s lives better.

I speak English as my native tongue, I’m conversant and can get by in Spanish, and my Russian is pretty good (I was an exchange student in Ukraine many years ago, just need to practice again).

Location: Anchorage, Ak Remote: that’s basically all I want, I got a taste of this once and it’s glorious. Willing to relocate: depends but probably not (we have a house) unless it’s somewhere neat, we could safely afford it, or if it was to a cool country.

  Technologies:  python, sql (a little), some AWS, Keras, a little JavaScript, and random other things here and there.  Willing and excited to learn whatever stack you have.

I’m quite interested in devops, ML (it’s part of my research), and tools. I like making things that people use.

  Résumé/CV:  my somewhat outdated portfolio website available on request, just shoot me an email, happy to talk with anyone.
  Email: pat@pragman.io