I have a part time job that could become a full time job and am working on a stealth mode start up.

Really though these layoffs have been more than 20 years in the making. There are some incredibly brilliant people out there writing original solutions to challenging problems. And there are people who cannot do more than put text on screen using a JavaScript framework. There are so many people hired to write software who cannot write software.

I started preparing my own business company in 2023, and it's small, but it's beginning to make a modest profit. This counts as my Plan B for myself. At the same time, I try to go for job interviews every year to confirm my position and value in the market.

I think it's very difficult to stay with a company for a long time today. But if your goal is to make a living through earning money, the difficulty of this thing is still acceptable.

At the same time, I have been saving money for investment for several years. Currently, I have about $50,000 for investment. So relatively speaking, I feel quite at ease, not to the point where my family's economy would collapse immediately after being laid off.

I'm trying to build stuff that the internet doesn't have yet, but wants.

There are 2 big issues with that approach:

None of them are commercial. Even if I got lots of visitors, I would still need a job.

Everyone is trying to build new stuff now. Even though mine are niche and aren't trying to steal your money, they get hidden under a massive pile of other posts with a very low probability of even getting noticed.

So, I guess I should have answered your question with "no, but trying" :(

What about you?