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That being agreeable is one of the greatest cheats in life. No matter how much you know on something, or how smart you are, if your personality sucks you won't get very far.
So many talented and skilled people I know failed because they just would not work with other people very well. It's extremely rare to be an individual talent skilled enough to overcome that barrier, so at least work on yourself a little bit so you don't die from pride.
This one goes way farther than people realize. My father built a great career as an engineer with a large network of people who would hire him in an instant. He's just nice, polite, and helps the people around him.
I'm very similar to him and it's worked very well for me too. I might be stupid as fuck sometimes, but I own it and I'm nice. I'm somewhat early in my career but I can already see what my behavior gets me.
Oh yeah being a friendly and helpful engineer sets you apart lol. It's done great things for me