Two career-changer front-end engineers: BCIT (Kay) and private college (Hideto)
Joint interview: Kay (telecom SIer PM → BCIT → FE) and Hideto (consulate civil servant → college → FE), both Vancouver hires without Japan web experience.
フロントエンドエンジニア · Vancouver
Profile
Dual interview with Kay and Hideto—both career changers into front-end engineering in Vancouver. They previously lived together at Frog House. Kay is the more senior hire (~2 years working / ~4 years since study start at interview framing); Hideto had been employed only a few months and came from a non-IT background.
Current role
Both working as front-end engineers in Vancouver (employer names not stated). Kay discusses agency/creative-market realities and possible Japan next steps; Hideto emphasizes confidence from learning web from zero in about a year.
Japan experience
Career changers for web/front-end. Kay: project manager at a telecom-related SIer; programming via new-hire training/OJT on legacy systems—no web product experience. Hideto: civil servant at the Seattle consulate ~2012–2015 (~3 years); zero programming before Canada. Both sought portable “maker” skills and less constrained work options.
Path to Canada / North America
Kay planned BCIT New Media Design (broad web/video/marketing/law curriculum) and chose Vancouver accordingly; strong academic English but hard daily native conversation. Hideto chose Vancouver largely for Frog community support; private college coursework felt shallow—connections and self-study mattered more. Shared view: college alone does not create hireability versus locals/graduates.
Outcome
Both achieved local front-end employment as career changers. Months-to-offer and employers not stated; attributes confidence low.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning. Original interview (Japanese)
Dual subject; employers and months-to-offer not stated. confidence=low.