I don't think I've ever been paid more or hired directly due to my networking skills, but I think it has greatly helped me to be good at my jobs and get recogni

I don't think I've ever been paid more or hired directly due to my networking skills, but I think it has greatly helped me to be good at my jobs and get recognition from my peers and managers that either my existing knowledge or my willingness to learn was critical to product/project success. It seems the more I learn about networking, the more I just realize how much I don't actually fully understand. To clarify, I don't think ONLY knowing about networking is a good move. But being a software engineer who happens to have an additional extensive knowledge of networking will definitely get noticed at the places I've worked.