For me, manager is the person to support me, if he knows to do my job, then im jobless, a manager is a person who manage, not the person who works. Just like a general, he who plans who do what and forsee future, he dont know how to cook, dont know how to make camp, dont know this, dont know that, he just know how to lead, plan, avoid trouble, and lastly encourage you, and lead you to victory. A good manager choose the easiest path for his follower like zhuge liang, leading 100 crappy soldiers can win 100,000 fully armed troops. But, you as the soldier, has to follow orders, if your general point to the west, you rush to east, lose the battle, prepare to be cooked, and its your problem, not theirs.