The best way to avoid job market anxiety is when you already have a job. Build a finical safety net for yourself. Have a plan on how you'll pay all your bills

The best way to avoid job market anxiety is when you already have a job. Build a finical safety net for yourself. Have a plan on how you'll pay all your bills if you lose your job. The "I'm slowly bleeding out" stress is very different than the "I don't know how I'm going to pay this bill" stress. The more time you buy yourself the more options you will have. If you don't have a job, and you are actively searching, and feeling anxiety about not being able to find a job then you need low cost stress reduction options. I would advise exercise and meditation as all purpose anxiety relief. I would advise actively coding and publishing the results as a way to gain confidence in your skills. Github, blog posts, app marketplaces, etc. I would advise studying the history of the tech economy as another way of alleviating the anxiety. You weren't here for 2008, or 2000, or the previous tech crashes. These things are part of the business cycle around here.