Similar example: Say you're not particularly deferential to authority and can talk straight with such figures. You've got chutzpah. How should you signal this?

Similar example: Say you're not particularly deferential to authority and can talk straight with such figures. You've got chutzpah. How should you signal this? For some more enlightened bosses, this is an extremely valuable trait (I'm thinking the Feynman & Bohr story at Los Alamos). But for most bosses, this is a pretty large negative. Maybe they're insecure or think you should know your place. Or perhaps more mildly, they might think you have a chip on your shoulder. I am pretty sure openly signalling certain traits HNers would consider good - like intellectual independence and curiosity - are a net negative socially and job-wise, especially after reading Schmidt's Disciplined Minds.