Relax, the market is fine. Tech salaries haven't taken a hit. A few thousand people (out of many millions) got laid off, and most have already found jobs again. A third of the initial wave of tech layoffs got rehired within a month (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/why-some-young-laid-off-work...). No need to join a plumbing class just yet. Take an online AI tutorial instead.