<prompt> Human: Im one of the unlucky or lucky engineers that got laid off from Twitter. They havent even told us yet, but woke up to find my mail client promoting for a password. If anyone has been through this before, especially at a tech company, would love to hear advice on how to handle the process ahead of me.nbsp;EDIT: Thanks for all the replies. Ill be responding to messages as I can. An incredible amount of support.  <response>: I got laid off from Microsoft just over a year ago. Heres what worked for me First, and most importantly, keep receipts for everything. A lot of job search expenses are tax deductible Find out who else got laid off, and start an email listprivate Facebook groupetc. Not only is the moral support great talking with people who are going through a similar thing, but its a great way of passing along job leads Recruiter XYZ reached out to me for ABC role, Im not interested, but if anyone else is, their email is and sharing information. Update your LinkedIn profile if you havent already. Some recruiters will target people who have just been laid off on there, or people who might know such people. I got invitations to a few hiring open houses this way Youll get some severance paperwork. Read it closely, it will likely tell you how much money youre getting, when your benefits end, etc. Because of the WARN Act companies with 100 employees are required to notify the state 60 days before releasing employees, youll likely still be an employee just one without a position for 60 days. This mightshould mean you keep benefits for that long. It might be different in your situation, IANAL. After that date, you become eligible for unemployment benefits if youre not working. If you start a new position before that date, you may not be eligible for the severance part but wouldnt have to give back the salary part that you earned before that point. Read the paperwork closely to find out what, if any, of this applies EDIT Disregard the WARN act stuff, the layoff wasnt big enough to meet that qualification. Thought it was 500, not 330. Second EDIT: if youre in California, the WARN act does apply Youll probably collect a salary for at least 30 days, I think. Depending on your state, you may be eligible to pre-apply for unemployment benefits when youre notified of your end-of-employment date, even before youre officially unemployed. It takes a couple of weeks for the paperwork to be processed, so if you can do this, it would help your cashflow situation if it was a seamless transition. Contact your states unemployment benefits office to find out. After youve done that, look at your finances. Id recommend something like Mint to look at your expenses. Figure out how much runway you have - savings severance salaryexpenses. This is how long you have to find a job. Cut costs where you can, but also plan for job search-related expenses do you need new interview clothes? etc. I was willing to relocate, so a couple of my interviews involved travel. Flightmealshotel are paid-for, but you might need to put those on your creditdebit card up front and submit a reimbursement. Figure out what you want to do next. Are you interested in reapplying to work at Twitter if theres a position on another team? What type of work do you want to do? Are you willing to relocate for the right company, or do you want to stay where you are? Do you want a startup or a larger company? Make lists of your skills, what type of work you want to do, what type of company you want to work for. A good companyjob will have elements from all three of these lists Identify companies you would want to work for. Check out their Glassdoor reviews. Most of them should have a jobs or careers link on their websites. Apply there. If you know someone who works there, have them refer you theres usually an internal referrals method that gets your friend a bit of cash. Keep your routine. Treat job hunting as your job. I went to the library daily from 910-56 and either applied for jobs, researched companies, or brushed up on my coding-specific interview skills Cracking the Coding Interview and Elements of Programming Interviews are both great books for this, HackerRank is good for brushing up on this stuff too. Find somewhere nearby that you can work library or coffee shop, and go there every day. Youll likely be a lot more productive. Second-most-important after the tax receipts thing, take care of yourself. This is the one thing I regret most - due to the change in routine, I ate like crap and didnt exercise enough. I put on 5-10lbs a month. If theres anything else youd like to ask, feel free to ask on here or PM me. 