I was working at an early-stage startup, the core dev team was four people. I suffered a concussion and subsequently got fired because "my performance was inade

I was working at an early-stage startup, the core dev team was four people. I suffered a concussion and subsequently got fired because "my performance was inadequate". That "fired" changed to "laid off" once the illegality of the situation was pointed out. I took a year off (I live in Quebeckistan, employment insurance here is pretty generous) and took the time to take care of my health, eventually continuing work on some personal projects. Did a lot of bike trips and learned to river surf - it ended up being a fantastic sabbatical. Started looking for work about two months before my EI ran out - it was gruelling at first, revised the resume a few times, rebuilt my personal website.. After I bombed a couple of interviews I remembered how the game works, a few weeks later I had two offers. I chose luckily, and landed a comparable job at a much more stable startup.