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[quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the majority.  I have been in my office over 10 years and thus have trained many, many people.  It is my nature to be helpful and I enjoy training people.  However, the work we do is complex and it takes several months of intense training in addition to follow up questions after that in order to learn how to do the work.  I've found that two things happen - 1) the person I've trained leaves after I train them I get stuck doing the work again, and/or 2) the person ends up getting promoted while I am actually supporting much of their work.  I don't mean to be cynical, but all the time I spend training takes away from time that could be invested in new ideas and projects, and ultimately slows my career growth.  Now I refer trainees to other sources and minimally train on those things they can only learn from me.  I do try to document any training I provide so that it will be available for the next person.  If I was recognized more for providing training, I might have a different approach, but I refuse to continue to hinder my own career growth for someone who will leave by the time they figure out how to do the work.[/quote]

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