We Didn't Start The Fire
A co-authored piece exploring the rapid acceleration of AI and technology, asking whether humans are steering the flame or just standing next to it.
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I build things that move. In code and on roads.
I'm a CS grad from George Mason University (class of 2025), focused on AI, machine learning, and data systems. I spent my college years building things that actually matter: automating 8-hour workflows down to 5 minutes, predicting solar panel output with ML models, and engineering data-observability pipelines at a credit union.
Since graduating, I've been shipping agentic AI projects, personal data tools, and open-source utilities, because the best way to stay sharp is to keep building. When I'm not deep in a dataset or debugging a distributed system, you'll find me at a Cars & Coffee meetup, geeking out over engineering under hoods, or in a specialty coffee shop thinking through my next project.
I'm drawn to roles at the intersection of ML, data engineering, and systems, especially where the work has real-world impact.
Chartway Credit Union · Virginia Beach, VA
Chartway Credit Union · Virginia Beach, VA
George Mason University · College of Science · Fairfax, VA
ByteRatio Inc. · Leesburg, VA
The Sparks Foundation · Remote
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A co-authored piece exploring the rapid acceleration of AI and technology, asking whether humans are steering the flame or just standing next to it.
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I'm open to new opportunities, interesting projects, and good coffee conversations. Whether it's a job, a collab, or just a question, drop me a line.
prag.shank@gmail.com