I don't doubt I can be creative and write good code - I'm a good programmer, and I'm working on something that I'm interested in (I'll programming language impl

I don't doubt I can be creative and write good code - I'm a good programmer, and I'm working on something that I'm interested in (I'll programming language implementation to keep it short), it's more of a thing where I like the idea of bouncing ideas off people and kind of maintaining a good separation of ideas - both things I'm not very good at when I'm basically alone at the desk. The point about networking is quite cynical but I'm working in a fairly nepotistic sector (but well-compensated) so a few connections can go a very long way.