Hiro — UBC CS & Business student (Langara transfer; internship track)
Public high school in Japan → Langara → UBC CS+Business double major; Amazon/Yelp/Unity process progress and Retty internship choice while still a student.
UBC学生 · Vancouver
Profile
Hiro is a UBC third-year student double-majoring in Computer Science and Business (at interview time). Attribute jobDetail=UBC学生; confidence=low; not a full-time hire narrative.
Current role
Full-time student at UBC. Had advanced in Amazon internship selection and planned a multi-month internship at Japanese startup Retty (UX-oriented team) after declining Amazon internship for learning fit. Also progressed with Yelp and Unity processes (selection progress, not necessarily completed employment).
Japan experience
Japanese public high school. Early US homestay (Kentucky, middle school; return in high school). Considered Kyoto University engineering before shifting to overseas double-major interest. During Langara years, spent a summer in Tokyo at a startup as Unity developer on a children’s thinking-skills app (also some remote work later). Exact Japan employment tenure beyond that internship/contract stretch is not stated as a multi-year career.
Path to Canada / North America
Arrived Canada **April 2015**; ESL (Inlingua) briefly then Langara for cost/transfer into UBC year 3. TOEFL iBT first score **68**; improved enough for transfer (article notes passing on a later attempt within a few tries). Built side projects (Unity/games, Django/PostgreSQL BBS). Chose Canada over US for tuition, safety, and environment; UBC over Waterloo on campus/fit research.
Outcome
Still enrolled at interview; internship pipeline strong (Amazon process progressed; Retty internship chosen for product/UX + business exposure toward future engineering-then-management goals). No permanent full-time outcome stated.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
Student profile; company null. Incomplete as FT employment story by design.