I am not so pesimistic about youself, probably because I am I and not you :-)

I think hack is a good word for that, but many mental hacks don't work. So here are my suggestions:

- How you work with other person? how about pair programming or pair <something> ? may be being a lonely developer is not the answer.

- How do you imagine a small team that leverage your strengths and take charge of your weaknesses? can you progress in that environment?