[wglb]

I would like to add to what graham1776 said https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10759722. This is great advice about kickstarting your networking. When I did a retrospective on my career, I realized that the various jobs or gigs that I had were directly related to my informally-developed network.

Networking is a bit time-consuming, but it will serve you well in the rest of your career.

The other thing I would say (as one who has gone through this more than one time. The actual number of times is a trade secret) is don't delay the start of the search. For example, if they parted company with you on Friday, start working on it on Monday. And it sounds like you have a jump on it already.

The other thing to keep in mind is to not spend more than say 30 hours a week on a job search. Despite your relatively positive outlook, it will be quite stressful and it is important to break away from the search activity regularly.

Edit: typos