Comment by spauldo

Having a manager that knows how to properly employ you is important, sure. I was talking more about how you work with your teammates to get things done.

There's a place for lone wolves at some companies, but in my line of business you have to be able to work with engineers, project managers, electricians, as well as other integrators. Our projects are definitely team efforts. I make an effort to assign tasks based on people's strengths, but if you're hard for my team to work with, you're useless to me and I'll eventually be in the boss' office asking for you to be replaced.