Rami — Full-Stack Developer in Vancouver (career change from consulting)
IBM consultant in Japan (~3+ years, no coding) who retrained via Vancouver college and hired as a full-stack developer; Canadian employer names not stated.
フルスタックデベロッパー · Vancouver
Profile
Rami is a full-stack developer in Vancouver (attributes). Age band: 20s. Career changer from consulting into development. Employer brands not stated.
Current role
Second Canadian role at an unnamed tech company shipping its own application (after leaving a smaller manufacturing firm). Notes better hours than Japan consulting; earlier Co-op role used Django on an internal app.
Japan experience
Career changer (未経験) into developer roles. Sociology degree; new-grad IBM consultant ~3+ years (requirements, PM on large programs, some strategy/new-business work—no coding). Intense delivery (frequent all-nighters) prompted the move. Two-month Philippines language study in university; little spoken English at IBM (Japan clients/colleagues).
Path to Canada / North America
College route at an international community college (Frog path; programming study). Aimed to live abroad ~3 years before 30. Found coding via research after deciding to leave; chose Vancouver for English and relative safety. Tutored English weekly; worked part-time. First job search ~2 months into a manufacturing company Co-op/internal-tools role (Django fit; Japan-friendly manager). Left after ~4 months; post-layoff/second search harder than expected. Attributes months-to-offer not stated.
Outcome
Hired as developer from a non-coding consulting background; completed two Canadian employers by interview time. Advises gaining Japan engineering experience before similar moves when possible.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
Employer names not stated; monthsToOffer null.