Attention-the good bad & ugly

So the internet is loaded w/ tips on getting attention just about everywhere you go & so is just about everyone I meet. I think I got that covered w/ my inherent awkwardness. People ask how does she do it. Unwillingly. I used to be decent at the art of invisibility but now I'm tryna start my career & filling out apps isn't enough to get a job. They say ppl get 99% of jobs through networking. People teach you to own the room, make an impression ect. There's gotta be another way though-how to get people to notice just the things you want. I want a job w/o the popularity. I can't focus when everyone's staring at me, judging my weird quirks, making fun of me, using me as their scapegoat cuz well I'm weird & people would believe it. I'm most productive in the back of the room taking it all in w/o owning it. It freaks me out when everyone knows who I am & I don't like starting anything panicked. I bet I'm not the only person who's thought about this & I just wanted to start a thread for sharing ways to get that little bit of attention for your work that you need w/o having to play the rest of the attention game