Tomohiro — Full Stack Developer at Tellext (career change from civil service)
Seven years as a municipal front-desk civil servant; Langara College; Full Stack Developer at security-robot company Tellext after a short post-grad search.
フルスタックデベロッパー · Vancouver · Tellext
Profile
Tomohiro is a Full Stack Developer at Tellext in Vancouver. Attribute background is 未経験 (career changer into engineering).
Current role
Full Stack Developer at Tellext (security robots). Startup pace; notes early months are hardest. Has participated in hiring and says school brand is rarely a criterion. Post-interview update: later completed two further job changes (shared on Note).
Japan experience
Civil servant ~**7 years**: municipal reception/resident-facing support. Motivated by helping people; sought larger social impact after mastering the role. Industry–academia–government project exposure to internationally experienced people pushed overseas growth. No prior programming job stated — pure career change into engineering.
Path to Canada / North America
Chose Vancouver for immigration openness (Australia considered harder on visas). Langara over BCIT for more intake terms and lower tuition; prioritised PGWP. Self-study via Udemy then docs; AWS project work self-driven. Targeted full-stack from ~term 3. Job hunt ~**2 months**; offer mid-July (year not restated beyond Langara graduation **April 2021**), part-time then full-time from early August. Opportunity came via an unexpected channel (article emphasizes an unconventional break).
Outcome
Hired at Tellext as full-stack career changer. Attribute monthsToOffer not stated (search itself ~2 months after the timeline described). Later two additional successful job changes noted in a 2023 addendum.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
monthsToOffer attribute null. company=Tellext.