I would like to add to what graham1776 said <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10759722" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10759722</a>.  This is great advice about kickstarting your networking.  When I did a retrospective on my career, I realized that the various jobs or gigs that I had were directly related to my informally-developed network.<p>Networking is a bit time-consuming, but it will serve you well in the rest of your career.<p>The other thing I would say (as one who has gone through this more than one time.  The actual number of times is a trade secret) is don&#x27;t delay the start of the search. For example, if they parted company with you on Friday, start working on it on Monday. And it sounds like you have a jump on it already.<p>The other thing to keep in mind is to not spend more than say 30 hours a week on a job search.  Despite your relatively positive outlook, it will be quite stressful and it is important to break away from the search activity regularly.<p>Edit: typos