[paulcole]

As clever as your comment is, the consequences of not looking before running into the street are very immediate and very high. The consequences of the situation being discussed won’t be felt for at least a year (the runway the OP has with their severance), are hypothetical, and probably not that severe.

A lot can change in a year. There’s a lot of jobs. The OP can probably get one of them. Some employers won’t care at all about what the OP thinks they might care about.

Your risk tolerance may vary but I’m not going to do something I don’t want to do for a year because of what someone I’ve never met before might think a year or more from now.