So I've been in China for just over a year now as a J2EE developer & today I handed in my resignation. Main reason for quitting = the job is boring as fuck. Anyone who enjoys JSP is a homosexual. Besides being homo there was also very little work to do. In the 12 months I've been here there's been maybe 3 weeks where I've felt busy all week rather than having a small enhancement that takes 2 days or a couple of bug fixes. Online shopping/tweeting/playing on phones is common within my team throughout the day.

I had kept in touch with the company I worked for as an intern in the UK & they opened up a new junior DBA job up for me after I emailed my old boss & now I've accepted the role (I find learning about databases more interesting). The pay is standard for a fresh graduate (24k...although higher than what they normally pay for a junior there) but I expect to be promoted within a year & then its 30-35k/year. They'll also pay for me to have official training which is over 2k for 5 days.

The UK still sucks though so my plan is to return for 2-3 years and then go back to China (although not in this city and probably not near here). I tried to find a DBA job here but they all wanted 2+ years experience except for one (...they didnt even reply to my app so I guess they want fluent Mandarin).



Right now I'm building my list of places to visit on my trip :o It'll start with an overnight bus, on my last day of work, heading to the next province (same as a county).

Overall this last year has pretty much been a waste of time. Any savings I've earned during the year are lost when you factor in my flights to/from China. I'll also be taking a different job path so the J2EE experience isn't so relevent. A better choice would have been to start work there right out of university (my old boss asked me a couple months before graduating but at that point I had already accepted this job). Oh well =( start practicing nubs