If and when you are a boss, you'll learn that you will want help justifying these types of requests. Perhaps your boss just didn't have his eye on the ball and

If and when you are a boss, you'll learn that you will want help justifying these types of requests. Perhaps your boss just didn't have his eye on the ball and know about all the awesome things you did, or maybe he had a lot of direct reports and can't immediately recall your accomplishments. Think about it from a different perspective, you joined the company, and I'm going to pay you X, for Y work. If you're still doing Y work, why do you deserve more than X? If nothing else, it would have been good practice at talking about your achievements.