From my opinion as a newbie to the scene with only 2 years of SQL Server experience under my belt, I think the issue is more with narrow specialized focuses that cause people to hit a ceiling. People like me who dabble in multiple technologies seem to have a greater flexibility to alter their path that may have an alternating ceiling versus the other to make it seem like there is always something more on the horizon.

And to me, I think that's where you may feel sort of boxed in because you have chosen the path to become a master. The only alternatives to reach a higher ceiling is either switching careers to something that has a higher ceiling, becoming management in your current career, starting your own business doing what you love to do or switching projects to at least change the color of said ceiling to where you think it's higher.