This is sound advice. Also, I would recommend that you take your time and be picky about your next job. It may well take you into the summer and completion of

This is sound advice. Also, I would recommend that you take your time and be picky about your next job. It may well take you into the summer and completion of your current project. When I left my last job, I knew I was ready for probably a year beforehand. On the job, I wrapped up big projects, ensured my colleagues could work on everything that I had built, and mostly stuck to smaller projects and bugfix/maintenance sort of work. (It helped that I had a lot of antonomy in choosing my work.) On the side, I spent time rebuilding my personal website/portfolio and creating/contributing to a few open source projects in areas I wanted to pursue. I applied to a few specific companies, but my next job actually came from an in-house recruiter who was impressed with my portfolio. I've been very happy so far.