The higher profile and higher paying the job, the less it hurts to get fired.
Think of the best coaches and managers of professional sports teams and chances are they have been fired several times in their careers. Some have even been rehired by the same team that fired them previously.
Some professional athletes get even [...]

The key to remaining employed is to ensure that your name stays out of the company directory.
A former colleague of mine once told me this while we were working for a company that was known for having restructurings several times per year that resulted in job losses each time.
I was working on contract at the [...]