@drewinthedark @shanselman I just quit my job to take a mental health break and had these exact same worries for when I was ready again.

It is scary that a lot of giants are cutting workforce massively, but you'll find less doom and gloom within the small and medium sized enterprise space.

A common pattern among those doing layoffs is them overhiring for a future that wasn't meant to be, such as Meta losing ad revenue and Stripe/Shopify's pandemic growth spurt slowing down.

You'll be fine!