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Middle of last year I got laid off. I just hit up a few friends and got job offers immediately. I was able to delay going back to work for 6 months (the last job paid me out ~20 weeks redundancy, I saved a lot) and just chilled out.

Having friends in the industry helps tremendously.

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This is important. I didn’t have a good network through my 20s and burnt so much time in interviews, took jobs at lousy companies I didn’t know and so on. My last 2 jobs were through contacts and have been fantastic.

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Contacts*