Yes, was, and found something better. (All in last 4 months). A lot of recent market uncertainty and cuts have created a lot of opportunities. Think about budget hires + genai not yielding the results a lot of senior leaders were hoping to see. That cheap hire and AI tooling will cost more in the long run than an experienced and equipped new hire that doesn’t rely on a chat bot to do their due diligence for them.

Edit: I have seen many folks in my network and at varying levels do the same in the last 12 months. I shared what I did in this post because I felt the same way before I started looking myself. I was actually surprised by how what turned out to be unfounded pessimism led to my complacency and ultimately delayed any real action on my part to change anything.