<prompt> Human: Hi PF!I recently began a new job managing the operations at a small but highly profitable catering company. When I first started, I came in at a time of transition, where everything seemed to be in disarray and not very efficient. My job responsibilities were not too difficult, essentially ordering, staffing and event planning, but they were time consuming. The owner had a conversation with me in my first week and is a very enthusiastic for finding new ways to do things and developing the business operations, as he just wants to cook and loose the reigns on Ops.After that conversation I began work at home on an app that could be placed on the computers as well as tablets and phones which would essentially centralise and drastically increase efficiency of the operations of the business, essentially automating myself out of a job. When you take all the responsibilities that are covered by the app away, I am essentially just loading vans and managing staff at events. This is not a problem as it is a growing business and I would find new responsibilities to work on growing new sectors of the business.My problem is, I dont want to implement this for what I am currently being paid. I get the award rate for a supervisor essentially minimum wage in Australia and feel it is way out of my pay grade to reinvent the operations of the business.I plan to give the owner a demonstration in a couple of weeks time to see what he thinks. I know he will like it because of how the business is run currently, it needs this update. I want to know how I should go about getting the most benefit out of this for myself. Problem is, as well as being new Im also young for my role and am unsure if he will take my negotiation seriously.My plan at the moment is to request an increase of my hourly rate Im paid as a casual and in exchange I will implement as well as maintain the application and develop it further as the business needs it. This will also be ironed out in a contract for good measure.Or should this be something that I do as part of my job and then request a raise after I have proved my value?What do you think PF?  <response>: Your demonstration should consist of sketch on paper or maybe a drawing of the interface using paint or something really basic, if he agrees to pay you, either a raise or lump sum, they you can develop it.If he doesnt want to invest in that, you can always keep developing it and release it as a paid application. 