Chronicles of Unemployment

July 25, 2026

I resigned from my second job where I was there for 3+ years and was unemployed for a period of 3 months. Here are some bits and pieces of my experience. Will keep this updated as I relive those moments.

Ecstasy that comes right after leaving a job you wanted to leave for a while is one of the great pleasures of life.

The Crash that comes after sends you to the deepest part. You will be miserable and heart will be racing in waves like the tides on full moon.

Even if you are not financially vulnerable, your mind still thinks you are in danger. It wants to get a job ASAP. But it’s irrational.

You end up applying for jobs you would have never applied for — low money, rude interviewers, abnormal office timings — all for going back to the “normal”.

You get emotionally tired after giving so many interviews. You don’t really want to apply for jobs. Let them come themselves, you say.

Few recruiters will be rude but most don’t care about resignation or a small career gap.

How is the head of engineering (who leads 30 engineers) lecturing for an hour about what a Claude skill is? It’s just a README. Is the bar for leadership that low, or do they have nothing better to do?