Careful with that assumption. Sometimes your Manager has enough Fortran knowledge to know what programming is, and has very sharp ideas about how it used to be

Careful with that assumption. Sometimes your Manager has enough Fortran knowledge to know what programming is, and has very sharp ideas about how it used to be done and how it should be done ... God forbid he also micro manages and has an opinion about stuff he does not really understand. I prefer a humble 'ignorant' manager who delegates than a 'tech-savvy' manager who is delusional.