Me too. It seems to be a trait of big-tech culture/politics, and something vaguely similar to what's emerging within my immediate work group. The company has grown 30x since I joined, and hired a lot of big-tech people, so the cultural shift seems inevitable. I've been an erratic employee the last half year due to non-work stuff, and I've been feeling undervalued by my immediate coworkers and getting burnt out. I have a new manager that I generally like, but they're new to the company and they don't seem to understand me or know how to energize me. I don't care about personal metrics, trajectory or career development, or salary or job security at all really, and those are the carrots and sticks of big-tech culture. I started vocalizing my discontent last week, though, and I've since gotten an overwhelming amount of affirmation and validation from everyone up the management chain. I feel a lot better now, and I'm feeling optimistic rather than pessimistic.

> Personally this infuriates me.

The last bit (omitted from grandparent quote) is the important bit.

Incessant self-promoters really are terrible to work with. I have no interest in becoming one.