[rqtwteye]

“Certainly all the good gains in my career happened as a consequence of achieving big things for the company, which I wouldn't have landed with me-first thinking.”

You did me-first. You just had situations where what was good for the company was good for you too. If you repeatedly did what was good for the company but never got anything for yourself you would probably stop. A lot of people are in a situation where what’s good for the company doesn’t give them any reward or is even negative (lose their job, more work).

[xyzelement]

Yes and I think the advice in those situations is "leave" - nobody (smart) is suggesting you go company-first in those cases.

[WJW]

While I agree that "leave" is probably the best answer in such cases, I also observe that this advice does not appear anywhere in the article.