If you are conscientious and have some passions beyond making money, you will always be a sucker to the cluster B personalities that run many businesses. I don't think you can beat this system - the only way to win the game is to give up who you are. The main advantage of being careful and sticking to your guns is that you repel a lot of cluster B's, who do the filtering for you. You will be happier ending up with those who remain.

"Sucker" is a pejorative that implies you can beat the system if you're smart enough. You can only beat the system by breaking rules and becoming what you hate.