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.
There is no jealousy. I'm just stating my limitations. I am in a point of my life where I can not give every ounce of my energy to work, like I could 10 years ago.
Also, I did not mention rejections by customers, did I? The customers I do get are actually quite happy.
> There is no jealousy. I'm just stating my limitations.
Your limitations and also a diagnose of what you think it is needed to be selected by VCs that you are lacking. It doesn't mean you are right. There are plenty of people in your exactly same situation going through YC, bootstrapping, succeeding or failing.
Being jealous of younger "purely technical" developers with a track record you don't have won't help you.