1. "Clean up and look good." There is a well known stereotype of programmers that the ones who are the most scruffy, unhygienic, weird etc. are the better ones, a popular enough stereotype that Scott Adams made a Dilbert cartoon of it (which I cannot find right now), there is also a stereotype of artists and visionaries that they dress weird and look like freaks, thus drawing an inclination from people to think people who look weird might be real geniuses worth listening to. I'm not saying look weird in every situation because it will help you, I'm saying there are lots of situations in which looking weird enhances your credibility. Personally I hate looking weird (because I think it smacks of being a poser), although I do have a certain level of scruffy programmer looks.
At any rate I think we can all name famous programmers who do not seem to have given a damn about their appearance.
2. Recognize you only have a few "weirdness points" to spend: so there is apparently no way to get more weirdness points to spend elsewhere by, for example, advocating for something weird, pushing it through, having it be a great success. This is why people who make weird movies that earn lots of money are never called up by Hollywood again. In conclusion of this point - David Lynch does not exist and has never had an effect on cinema whatsoever.
3. Advocate for more "normal" policies that are almost as good: As a general rule weird things that get accepted and mainstreamed have all sorts of proponents some of which are weird extremists some of whom are less weird. In pushing against racism, the more moderate policies were accepted not because everyone had switched from pushing more extremist views but because the extremist views existed to make the moderate look good (I believe this is part of the generally accepted narrative). If everyone pushing for something currently considered weird moderated their views then the moderated view would become the new weird. Maybe being the extremist is the best use of your weirdness points.
This article is just driving me up the wall.