The OP seems to have received great advice here. So I'd like to ask a related question: has anyone here been laid off and received unemployment benefits? I wa

The OP seems to have received great advice here. So I'd like to ask a related question: has anyone here been laid off and received unemployment benefits? I was laid off pretty early in my career due to "restructuring." I was unable to receive any UE benefits because the state unemployment office forced me to apply to jobs that were paying substantially less than the one I lost (hourly, minimum wage +20% or so), and since I was a qualified candidate, I'd get offers that I'd turn down. The unemployment office never actually gave me anything because I kept turning down offers. After like two weeks, I found another job, so the situation became moot. This experience has colored my opinion of unemployment for tech workers such that I think it doesn't really exist for us. So I'm curious if my experience was normal or not. It seems better to leave on one's own terms rather than trying to collect a meager severance and non-existent unemployment.