> that's not what generates money and unless my value increased my salary wouldn't move. He wanted me to become a better mentor, to be better at juggling budget

> that's not what generates money and unless my value increased my salary wouldn't move. He wanted me to become a better mentor, to be better at juggling budgets and at dealing with clients. How does being a better mentor "generate money"? If your workload "doubled", that means you were doing the work of 2 people, no? (or similar). it doesn't generate money, but that saves money they might otherwise have spent. Unless "dealing with clients" means "getting them to spend more money", "dealing with clients" doesn't generate more money (and... depending on how its done, can be a financial loss). On "taking an hour... before tackling..." - that hour is tackling the problem, no? Just with a "code after it's been thought about some" approach, but it's tackling it all the same.