You seem to be very lucky to have found your niche. In most companies people neither notice, nor comment and certainly don't promote you for doing a good job.

You seem to be very lucky to have found your niche. In most companies people neither notice, nor comment and certainly don't promote you for doing a good job. Most corporate software engineering job are about how good you are playing the corporate social games. Being exceptionally good at programming does not matter. It can even be a hindrance as it means you get more work and are less likely to be promoted as you are "irreplaceable" and your coworkers and hire-ups might start to hate you because they feel threatened by you. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.