Sounds about right. A while back, during a merger, an enterprising colleague, when asked casually by the manager if what he'd do if he were laid off, said "I think I really like sailing" - the rest of us when asked said we'd probably just get another tech job.

He got let go with a very nice severance package and immediately went full time consulting on (what I imagine) was a side gig for him before hand. Years later we met on another job and laughed reminiscing about it.