[xfitm3]

Let's not forget the essence of why we get paid: you are paid because someone likes you. They like your work output, your social skills, or your status.

I'm not as hungry as a intern but I present well, and at the end of the day, thats why I get paid.

[mistermann]

"In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times."

– Buddy Kane, American Beauty

I doubt many people know this explicitly, but I think the necessary behavior is intuitive to lots of people. I suspect people "on (or near) the spectrum", which is far more common in tech circles, get their ass handed to them career wise many times because of this, because they are in some sense looking at a different version of reality than other people.