Noun (person)
    
  
    PHB (pointy haired boss)  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        a derogatory reference to a stereotypical IT manager who chooses their technology platforms based on the latest TV commercial and has no practical knowledge at all of what their employees actually do        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      This is how the PHB is described on the Dilbert website: "He wasn't born mean and unscrupulous, he worked hard at it."