[omer_balyali]

Companies are looking for energy and experience, but by time with experience the energy goes down, basically you start to -at least slowly- burn out. So... after a sabbatical, you supposedly full with energy and a motivation to work better. And you have the skills and the experience.

If a company only cares of the lines written on the resume, it doesn't really matter you filled it or answered really good in the interview, there will be problems later on.

But if a company knows, it's not just sum of the parts but as a whole who you're and how you approach life and work is that all matters, then there will be no problem telling what you did in these times.

You don't have to go to Asia... maybe you just want to focus on some other stuff or have some time off. But also you went to Asia, so you use this time for yourself, in a way you thought would be better for you. I think this is very important aspect of a professional. If you don't know how to allocate your time and energy, you're not efficient.

You did something most people even can not dare to think of doing it. Don't try to please people, be yourself and this way you will eliminate all the pretentious people/companies and will find a better match for you. Don't settle for what people say to you, just because they can't do it.