Learn how to stab your colleagues in the back and play petty mean spirited office politics games. That's most of what being employed in this industry actually is, and if you accept that now and optimize yourself around it you can save decades wasted trying to actually get good at doing tangible (albeit economically useless) things.
It's not all that wild, just an observation that narcissists and sociopaths tend to excel at navigating the corporate ladder. Doing good work is not (usually) rewarded, self promotion and taking credit for others' is.
