I have a friend from high school whom I believe is a sociopath. He's not murderous or anything like that, but he really knows how to schmooze people and has no honor. In high school, he pushed away his exams and put his head on the desk. He lost his driver's license because he had lied in court about not being in town (he was racing another friend who got pulled over by the cops, and the friend ratted - apparently the cop found his car in his driveway when he was supposedly away at college). He dropped out of college because he was partying and doing drugs (weed, shrooms, acid, etc.). He got married and divorced, and his wife let him keep the house, which he sold for a profit. He always wins money at the casino. He went to a two-year technical school for programming, and now he apparently earns $130,000 per year and is in a management position - oh, and he lives in San Diego. He banged a 20-year-old intern and gave her an outstanding performance review. His boss is a partier too, so he got back into doing drugs and leaves his job early on Fridays so they can party and bang interns.
Meanwhile, another mutual friend was the valedictorian of our high school and was always a person of high integrity. He got a free ride in order to get a Master's in Electrical Engineering, had a high level security clearance, and was designing next generation technology for missile defense. He's single, unemployed, and living with his parents. I'm sure he'll find another six-figure job soon, but he'll still be single and alone, with no friends.
Apparently Charisma isn't a dump stat after all... It's the most important stat.
