I did a little UI work and felt a lot more comfortable after sliding over to the more hardcore full stack stuff because, as young as people are on the software end, they're even younger in UI.

I haven't seen the ProPublica article, even though I get their daily emails. Thanks for that.

I was lucky on layoffs. They were evenly distributed where I worked. They hit everyone. For one of the companies, I took a "voluntary layoff" because the incentives were great and I figured that a company so willing to create a bloodbath wasn't worth working for any longer.

To me, intense layoffs are a sign of a badly run company, and whenever a company has started that process, I've left on my own. Easier to do when you're in your 30s and 40s, though, than it would be now, of course.

Good luck and thanks again for the link!