OK, this advice may feel beneath you, or may not suit your strengths, but here is what a friend did when faced with a somewhat similar situation. He was an intelligent, educated, accomplished man that didn't quite fit in. The usual paths just didn't seem to be working, everything just seemed fake and superficial and meaningless. But he was smart enough to realize that if a bullshit currency has value with the people you need, it gains value for you. In addition to his respectable 6 figure day job, he became a doorman at a popular night club. He has good at it (weight lifting and martial arts fanatic, good attitude, good demeanor). He tended to get gigs at the most exclusive places in town, with the hottest talent. He was a rational man, in an irrational world, so he carved out a place for himself where he got rewarded for doing rational things he was good at and loved to do (being the warrior-protector archetype). None of the normal club posturing and douchebaggery had ever made any sense to him, so he found a place there that made sense, but was still surrounded by beautiful women. He suddenly got an entirely irrational amount of high quality ass for the job he was doing.
If society is valuing club hosts and the illusory power of a doorman over the skills that make a civilized society function, you've got to figure out a strategy that gets the best out of both worlds.
If society is valuing club hosts and the illusory power of a doorman over the skills that make a civilized society function, you've got to figure out a strategy that gets the best out of both worlds.