Sayaka — Frontend engineer in Vancouver (9 months Japan web coding → agritech)
Education grad with 9 months Japan HTML/CSS coding; ESL + college; practicum/volunteer detours; 100+ applications; paid intern then full-time at an AI agritech company; PR application near.
フロントエンドエンジニア · Vancouver
Profile
Sayaka is a frontend engineer at a Vancouver-area employer (name not stated)—an AI agritech company building hardware and software. Attributes: college route, background 経験者, monthsToOffer not stated, confidence low on structured fields.
Current role
Frontend engineer at an AI agritech firm (~25 people at hire → ~55 about 1 year 3 months later; her team 2→4). Started as a **paid intern** on an Intermediate posting, converted to **full-time after one year** of internship (manager advocated; work-permit support around WH expiry). Highly valued internally; considering later job change after PR. In Canada **year 5** at interview; taking long leave blocks (e.g. 24 days).
Japan experience
Prior experience for web/frontend path, but shallow tenure. Education faculty graduate. **Two Japan employers**: (1) town-information publisher—non-web role where Excel work sparked programming interest; (2) consulting company—**9 months** coding websites from designer mockups with **HTML/CSS** (no JS/PHP/DB exposure there). Left to study broader web skills abroad.
Path to Canada / North America
Nearly chose India IT study; switched to Vancouver after regional security news. **7 months ESL** (she later says ~1 month would have been enough). College **Web & Mobile App Development**, **12 months** coursework. Late coursework: **4-month unpaid practicum** as backend on an e-commerce company (college-mediated; paid role became practicum for skill gap). Visa/Co-op graduation pressure; declined a delayed paid return that wouldn’t meet Co-op hours; **~1.5 months** volunteer elsewhere; paused hunt for **~1+ month** classmate-sourced website build as portfolio; pivoted to frontend/JS study. **100+** job applications. GitHub daily contributions from ~Dec 2018 for 2+ years noted. References from practicum + 1.5-year part-time job → same-day HR interview → offer.
Outcome
Frontend hire (initially paid intern) at AI agritech; FT after 1 year; WH→work permit near WH end. Immigrant/PR application approaching (CELPIP + consultant). monthsToOffer not stated in attributes. May return to Japan after skill-up.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
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