I wondered the same - most of them seem to recover. I think they are helped by their narcissism, in other words, their self-confidence is unshaken by the shame

I wondered the same - most of them seem to recover. I think they are helped by their narcissism, in other words, their self-confidence is unshaken by the shame that would cripple "normal" people in a similar situation. E.g. Kaavya Viswanathan, who plagiarized a high-profile bestseller while a freshman at Harvard, went on to Georgetown Law and a job as an attorney as a blue-chip law firm. And there are many other examples ...