It took me 8 months of active shopping to find a job w/ 25 years of experience. Unless you are really good at interviewing with an interesting resume, I'd suggest caution until the job market recovers.
What do you think the bottleneck was in your search?
Was it finding openings, getting interviews, or passing those interviews?
In my niche I’m finding that there are very few opening in the city I live in, but that getting interviews might not be too hard. Not sure how easy it would be to pass those interviews.
Most of my issues were around interviewing, I got plenty of them but somewhere in the 3+ rounds of interviewing I'd choke. I have always been nervous during interviews and had previously got most of my positions through my network, but none of their companies were hiring. Next time this happens I'm going to try an interview tutor to see if that helps and probably take some Xanax or something to help settle my nerves.
Take it or leave it - I tell myself i already failed the incomming interview and whenever I notice i get nervous I tell myself im just talking with friends
I'm single, rent controlled, and was working at a FAANG-ish company.
The fear was real, for sure, but it honestly made a huge, huge difference for both my mental health and my employability afterwards. I also got to spend some time figuring out what I actually wanted to be doing, so I had a much clearer picture of where my skills and interests aligned after, which helped the search as well.
I would love the opportunity to take ~6 months off, but I feel scared that if I just quit, it might take me a longer time to find a job again.