>"all suffer from more interruption the more knowledgable they get, and the more valuable they become to the company. " Well, in that case they're valuable for

>"all suffer from more interruption the more knowledgable they get, and the more valuable they become to the company. " Well, in that case they're valuable for the knowledge they provide for their coworkers, rather than the work they produce. Being a bit in this situation, I'm leaning more and more into letting my boss know that this is something I need to do full-time, and simply not get any work done because of it. I think it's a huge boost to the team having someone knowledgeable to guide and mentor them. However, I doubt it'd fly so well with the bean-counters.