I got laid off in 2009. It took me roughly six months to find something new, and this was with three years of experience and transition from driver development

I got laid off in 2009. It took me roughly six months to find something new, and this was with three years of experience and transition from driver development in C to full-stack web development. I got a token raise in the process. In hindsight, 2008 wasn't fun, but it wasn't that bad. That said, I could see this being worse than 2008 for tech. Parts of tech really did binge on hiring in 2020 and 2021. In 2007, companies were just getting over the scars of 2000.