Even if unemployment is 10%. This is an average, truck drivers, retail, etc. In tech, there is no 10%. You will find a new job quickly and easily. dont worry about this.
As software professional
Recessions are an excuse to rethink identity.
I mean, was your dream growing up to be a "software professional" when you were eight?
So buy a horse and a ten gallon hat and cowpoke if that's what you really want.
Or not.
Good luck.
If you get laid off, get another job. There’s still a labor shortage.
We might just not be paying 200k to someone who can barely write a Python script anymore. So yes you might have to trade the Mercedes for a Honda or something.