Sho — Web developer in Vancouver (sales → career change in ~1 year)
Recruit sales (~3 years) with zero web experience; college year on a depleted budget; frontend hire at a small startup after leaning on sales soft skills.
Webデベロッパー · Vancouver
Profile
Sho (slug `sho`) is a web/frontend developer in Vancouver who career-changed from sales. Attributes: 20s, college, 未経験, monthsToOffer=12; employer name not stated.
Current role
Web developer / React frontend at a small startup (at one point sole frontend among a tiny eng set). Hired despite being inexperienced—employer said sales-to-startup story was interesting. Enjoys React depth; aims to apply for PR in ~**2 years**.
Japan experience
Career changer into web development. Kansai Gaidai University with a short Ontario English study period. New-grad sales at a specialty-machinery trading company—left after **~6 months**. Then **Recruit** via a one-week job hunt; stayed about **3 years** (recruitment/sales work; covered ~300 corporate accounts). Motivation for web: manufacturers with poor websites. No professional coding experience before Canada—complete industry inexperienced hire.
Path to Canada / North America
Chose Vancouver for Frog + desire to return to Canada for living/working (not WH-first). Crypto loss collapsed study savings to **¥200k**; survived on very low monthly spend. College coursework treated selectively toward web goals (deprioritized C). Heavy networking: messaged Frog’s Hideto within two weeks; asked seniors ruthlessly given only one year. Sales communication transferred to outreach and interviews (CEO vs engineer interview styles).
Outcome
Local web developer hire within about **one year** from zero (attributes monthsToOffer=12). Employer takeaway: strong soft skills can offset junior technical depth at startups.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
Different person from slug=sean (also named Sho).