Comment by sbarre

In my 25 years of experience, I've observed that anywhere that a strong purely technical person thrives like that, there's an equally strong manager or leader behind the scenes supporting them, protecting them and clearing a path for them, even if they don't necessarily see it themselves.

That "good fit" you describe is (typically) the existence of that other person.

I don't say this to diminish the talent or accomplishments of that technical person in any way, but in most companies no one succeeds in a vacuum. It's almost always a team effort.