You can be pleasant, well-liked, and present at every single meeting. You can be the person everyone loves — the one who remembers birthdays, sends thoughtful follow-ups, and organizes the holiday party that nobody asked for but everyone attends. And when the company needs to cut ten percent of the workforce, they will feel genuinely terrible about letting you go. They will say such nice things at your going-away drinks. The people who keep their jobs — who advance, who get t