> Where does that observation come from? and countless rejections because my CV is screaming "not proven in a manager/executive role" while the market is ove

> Where does that observation come from? and countless rejections because my CV is screaming "not proven in a manager/executive role" while the market is overflowing with "purely technical" developers who are younger than me and able to ride out this shitty market. Those younger developers might have a better product than him, not just an easier life. Some of them actually might have a more difficult life depending on which country OP is from.