>But when we are just starting and unknown, who is gonna sing our praises What I've noticed is just conversing empathetically with others a la How to Win Frien

>But when we are just starting and unknown, who is gonna sing our praises What I've noticed is just conversing empathetically with others a la How to Win Friends and Influence People and having technical discussion is enough for others to sing my praises, from my time as intern through middle-manager. Basically, be interested in others over yourself. For more on the nuance of "interested" I'd suggest the above book.