This year was the first time I've been laid off in my almost 25 year career in tech. I was already looking elsewhere, so I semi-volunteered for the layoff. Th

This year was the first time I've been laid off in my almost 25 year career in tech. I was already looking elsewhere, so I semi-volunteered for the layoff. The end results is that I took a huge paycut, but am in a role that I'm much happier with. My family will need to rollback a lot of lifestyle creep, so we'll see just how sustainable the change is.