And I'll again point out that most cog-in-the-machine can't-talk-to-people tech people are successful by the standards of majority of North Americans, let alone the world :)
I never said it was the sole determiner. If you can't talk to people but you can do tech, you can do all right for yourself; if you can talk to people and you can do tech, you can write your own check.
People in tech need this most-- we're way too willing to write off the primary importance that other people have in our lives.
