You can't make your career safe without having really negative side-effects (like very low wages, when working for the government, and potentially being too out

You can't make your career safe without having really negative side-effects (like very low wages, when working for the government, and potentially being too out of place in the wider job market). Even if you decide to work for the government, it isn't true you can't get fired. Plus, depending on the government, you could end up without inflation increases, be sent to a terrible project etc. Career is worked upon one step at a time, being human has no safety mechanisms, you deal with problems are they come. One thing that you can do, outside of your career, is to take good care of your personal finances, for that I'd need an entire year of explanations and decisions, start looking into it. Don't go after hype stocks or anything, learn how to build a very stable capital base that can weather bad times. No company or person will do that for you.