I got laid off around age 50 in the 2000/2001 dot com bust and wrote up my experience on medium: https://medium.com/@davenixon_44904/how-to-find-a-job-when-you

I got laid off around age 50 in the 2000/2001 dot com bust and wrote up my experience on medium: https://medium.com/@davenixon_44904/how-to-find-a-job-when-you-are-laid-off-over-50-c40b426be3b4 https://medium.com/@davenixon_44904/how-to-find-a-job-when-y... TLDR: Work on personal/OS project to learn in demand skills and maybe to create some value or residual income. Startups are often the least picky in hiring and provide a stepping stone to a large more stable company that may be a better fit for an older engineer.