Career change after a layoff, where to begin? (update)

My layoff made me rethink whether to stay in my field. I have a little time and a small budget for training.

I took a small pay cut for a year, and it was worth it for the growth afterwards.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 14 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.