Good job is like good customer service. Nobody notices it.
If you show up on time, at the right place, properly dressed, prepared and ready to deliver your presentation, nobody is going to praise you for that.
And yet, it is still important and valuable. You have not let others down, you have not taken them to the breaking point, you have not made them complain about your lateness and unpreparedness.
Be sure you understand when to expect an explicit praise and when the praise is implicit. Better still, just deliver your best job without ever expecting a praise.
