You don't get credit for being _good_, you get credit for being
> _recognized_ as being good. How well you are recognized goes something
> like (self PR)(real goodness); since even a slob has a teeny bit of real
> goodness about him someplace, an energetically self-promoting slob will
> be recognized over a genius wallflower every time.
Lee de Forest vs. Edwin Armstrong would be a good example here... de Forest certainly did have a bit of talent -- if not nearly as much as Armstrong -- but was the much better self-promoter...