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Thanks for recommending this. I saw this in the cinema and it was the only time I've ever felt the need to walk out of a film, it's that powerful/horrific.

I experienced this recently. Crashed my bike, and broke my wrists. Had about a month where I could only type with one finger at a time, or gently use a touchpad. I thought it would be fine, since I could take my time and think things through fully in my head before typing the code. Instead, I found it so difficult - as if I could only think as quickly as I could type.

I have no pension account.

My first software job was with a pensions administration firm, where I had to take numerous courses on the economics behind pensions. Boring stuff, but the one thing that the teachers drilled into us over and over was that, for my cohort (currently <30yo), pensions would be a waste of our money - with the exception of the few "gold-plated" ones still offered by certain employers.

If anyone's interested, I have instead chosen to aim for the so-called Lean-FIRE, and my "investment", if you can call it that, is in fertile land in a stable country and extensive experience in permaculture. I'm about 5 years away from being able to semi-retire and being reasonably self-sufficient in food, power and water.

There's always the L-1B visa option: work for a company that has offices both in the US and somewhere you can already work. After one year, apply to transfer to the US offices.

Anaplan just reached $1bn