It sounds like you should be able to run the table with so little competition. Why not engage, take on more responsibility, and obviously stand out to get more money and influence?
At this point you're better off working on your own thing because the company is usually, always with few exceptions mind you, a dishonest actor that is openly hostile.
The elites can't blame the state of the world on workers when they've created out hellscape of treadmills to delusion and abandonment.
I am in a proper place now, but I regret not getting a second job in my previous fintech job.
What can I say, I enjoy programming and making stuff with a group.