If I got laid off, I wouldn't rush to get another job. Where I live the unemployment benefits for recently laid off are decent which means I would just take a c

If I got laid off, I wouldn't rush to get another job. Where I live the unemployment benefits for recently laid off are decent which means I would just take a couple of years off with less money and instead spend the working hours in coding whatever I want and contributing to open source projects! That's work, too, albeit the current society doesn't really count such volunteering as "work". But it still is: you only need some other means to live off while doing that.