How others see you determines whether they will cooperate with you, give you information you need to do your job, hire you, fire you, promote you, and how much

How others see you determines whether they will cooperate with you, give you information you need to do your job, hire you, fire you, promote you, and how much they will pay you. Jobs where you can "focus on the code" to the total exclusion of dealing with other humans are practically non-existent.