Title: The past few months have been stressful for most people in the tech industry owing to mass layoffs everywhere. Luckily, I survived the layoffs at my company. But I was very anxious during the period it was announced and it affected my mental health quite a bit.<p>However, on talking to a few other engineers at my company, I realized not everyone was as stressed. They are confident in their skills to get a new equivalent job which would easily support their current lifestyle, even in the current market. They have what I would call, &quot;F-You Skills - Enough skills to know that you would never have to worry about money in your life&quot;, a spin on the more commonly known term &quot;F-You Money&quot; [1].<p>I was wondering if HN users ever think of their own skills in this context. If yes, how should one go about building these skills.<p>To be clear, I am not talking about interviewing skills, which are also equally important. But I am more interested in technical skills that people believe will easily fetch them &quot;decent money&quot; [2] in any scenario in the short term future.<p>[1] F-You Money means &quot;Enough money to leave one&#x27;s job, etc. and enjoy the lifestyle of one&#x27;s choice&quot;  https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;fuck_you_money<p>[2] not insane money to retire early, but good enough to support their current lifestyle.
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