> What if you just want to write software and not be responsible for mentorship? At a certain point, you probably know considerably more about the work than th

> What if you just want to write software and not be responsible for mentorship? At a certain point, you probably know considerably more about the work than the people working around you. You might say you develop "seniority". At that point, the balance of value between your individual contributions and the knowledge you can share with others reaches a tipping point. If you're limiting the value you're bringing to the company to only individual contributions, you're capping the value you can bring the company and by correlation the compensation you're due.