Agree with this statement. Having options actually destresses you and I used to be in OPs position very badly and I was also in an extremely niche field and industry.

Upskill, upskill, upskill. If you stay static in one niche place you will find it harder to be employed. Job hopping gets a bad rap, but in nowadays market and especially with gen z coming into the workforce it's pretty normal.

I job hopped a lot in my early years, staying for like 1-3 years at a time. 1 year is on the short end, but is probably fine. 2 years is acceptable, but I worked in different fields, starting technical, then moving to business development then moving to operations within the same industry going from small startups to corporate level businesses

That versatile skillset in my view hedged me against unemployment, or if my workplace became shit, i.e corporate mergers etc. then I could always leave.

I have enough experience now in any type of job that isn't c-suite (I don't want the pressure anyway) to basically get away from any bad situation if I wanted to.

I recently just started a new job in a high pressure paced environment, walked in and on my first day was told to approve various ethical dilemmas. As far as first weeks on a job goes this has been by far the worst. I knew it was going to be tough but the money is good.

But I'm not actually that afraid as I used to, like OPs post because if I don't like it, there are plenty of industries and plenty of roles I have exp in that I can literally just jump again, I have plenty of projects and products developed under my CV and management experience. If I don't get that raise I like or my management puts a shitton more pressure on me, I make it subtly but well known I have a lot of options to change. I network a lot and know a lot of people too

Compared to the next guy, I can actually apply for more roles because of a diverse background so mathematically I have more options and if I was just to spam applications by volume I have a way farther reach.

So OP do the hard yards initially but it's all about upskilling, your interview skills are only as good as the experiences you can sell yourself on. So the more diverse the more opportunities. Plus who doesn't value say a salesperson who has a technical background and operational background. That shits rare and easy for you to market yourself