Mina — iOS Developer in Vancouver (career change from UI design)
Japan UI/web designer (~3 years) who retrained in Vancouver college mobile courses and hired as an iOS developer within a short Co-op job search; employer name not stated.
iOSデベロッパー · Vancouver
Profile
Mina is an iOS developer in Vancouver who hired after community-college mobile study. Age band: 20s (attributes). Employer name not stated.
Current role
iOS developer at an unnamed Vancouver company (grew from ~20 to ~40 people in the interview timeframe). Flexible hours and narrower role focus than her Japan workplace. Interested in PR; wants to keep combining UI background with coding.
Japan experience
Career changer into iOS development (未経験 for the target job), with prior design experience: ~3 years at a well-known Tokyo design firm—started as web designer, later UI designer. Two-year vocational design school (web/3D/graphics survey). Hired into that firm without design-agency experience (supervisor said it would be first and last such hire). Three-month Cebu English program (IDEA CEBU) before Canada for IELTS-focused immersion.
Path to Canada / North America
College route (CICCC cited for 1-year Co-op relevance to UI/mobile). Free ESL ~3 months then diploma stream: web/JS, Java, C, then Android/iOS. Initially aimed at UI designer roles abroad; switched to iOS after enjoying programming and finding design-level English harder than expected. Freelanced UI design while studying. Job search ~3 weeks near Co-op start (Indeed primarily; hired via AngelList/Wellfound); ~4 phone screens plus one later reply.
Outcome
Landed an iOS role from a career-change background after a short Co-op-period search; employer cited motivation despite shallow iOS years.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
Canadian employer name not stated in source.