[ithkuil]

Sure. And to get paid well you have to be given the opportunity to do work that matters. What you described is a perfectly valid way of doing office politics: being a no-bs person that people respect for the ability to get the job done and have canidid conversation with. But that's also politics.

[LegitShady]

When you're the only one doing work you're the only one doing work that matters.

Been there done that left for a higher paying job where other people worked too.