"Will you spend 40 hours a week on job search and leetcoding?" sounds like Stockholm syndrome. Being laid off can be an opportunity. ;). When else do you ge

"Will you spend 40 hours a week on job search and leetcoding?" sounds like Stockholm syndrome. Being laid off can be an opportunity. ;). When else do you get paid to not go to work? ;). Surely everyone has things they'd like to do if they weren't always at work? Being laid off is a time to do that. When I was young it meant lots of time in the mountains. When older, it meant jobs like finally sorting the garage out that was full of baby-related cr*p, and playing with the kids more. 40 has a week on job search.... ouch. Take a few weeks off. Have fun. Then start firing off a few applications a day. Someone will bite for sure. (Caveat - this works for people in tech , earning a half decent wage, who are also frugal. Probably wouldn't work if you worked for minumum wage, that could be stressful and horrible)