I saw in another forum a post from a software engineer lacking confidence from shorter stints on his resume (ranging from 2.5 months to 6 months to a year) due to various layoffs. Sure, at times layoff decisions are a math equation but there are micro decisions that get you on the right and wrong side of that calculation. What advice would you give to people going through this pretty common phenomenon in the current age of professional software development?

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