Sucking up to some degree is team work. You need to know how to work with people to get what you need and move the company forward. Each person is different and

Sucking up to some degree is team work. You need to know how to work with people to get what you need and move the company forward. Each person is different and part of working at a large company is learning how to interact with a multitude of personalities, many that you would not get along with outside of work. It is like high school, it is like politics, it is like any group of humans interacting. You skills are part of the equation, but your people skills are as well. It's the people who can go with the flow that stick around long term and actually have a meaningful impact on the success of the company. It's very easy to get caught up and think everyone is against you and burn out.