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I told an older contractor today that 6 months is the minimum amount of time to expect being unemployed and I don't know if she believed me.
Like yeah, I'm not looking forward to the next time I'm unemployed. Thanks to the ever increasing cost of living plus living in one of the worst USA states for unemployment help, I'll probably have to start paying my chunk of rent with debt 2-3 months in. I suppose I could do gig work, but then it's basically picking between ruining my car (the market for used cars is fucked rn and you absolutely need to be employed with half decent credit just to not get screwed on interest) and credit card debt.