Save money. 6 months expenses is a good rule of thumb.<p>Network (which really means just keep in touch with folks you have worked with or met).<p>At your current employment situation, keep your ear to the ground.  You don&#x27;t need to move to a big company (they have layoffs too) but you want to be aware of what is happening.<p>Ask your boss questions about the business, and do your own research too. If your company is &quot;default dead&quot; then ask how you can help make it &quot;default alive&quot;.<p>Cut your unneeded expenses.<p>Start a company if you have the drive to so, don&#x27;t worry about the macroeconomic climate.<p>Source: reading, living through the 2000 and 2008 recessions as a developer.