[twblalock]

Cultivating personal connections is the most important thing. Keep in touch with your former coworkers who have moved on to other companies. Many jobs are filled by referrals.

I should also point out that after the 2008 crash, none of my tech worker friends were unemployed. That's anecdotal, but whatever. Tech was the first industry to bounce back, and the larger companies didn't lay many people off.

Even if the tech bubble bursts, instead of slowly deflating as I expect it to, I think tech workers will still be the most recession-proof demographic around here.