I know if I said the same thing to my boss at that period in my training he would have asked me if I would like to keep my job another day. His company, merit shop. Bitch slap!!!
After I was perfectly and I do mean perfectly clear on that concept he would have offered a challenge.
If I could outbox him while meeting the expected quality standard he would show me the next step and so on.
He wouldn't have me doing anything over my head unattended but he was perfectly willing to have us both preforming the same task together if the situation allowed and we were kicking butt. He loved Q-rise you get when a team performs better than the individuals could by themselves.
He led by example whenever possible and made it clear that the progression of my education was directly tied to my will to perform, as it should be.
