> You are expensive and you have shown that you have a ceiling.
Skimmed through his resume and he has a decent one with many real world projects. Is it even possible to stay employed in this industry past the age of 35 if you don't move into a management role and aren't self employed?
I don't know if you read the same resume I did. It is great to have a lot of "real world projects" for a junior hire, but the bar shifts a lot for senior hires.