It depends on the context, I have been in meetings where everyone except for one...

nickff · 2024-10-09T22:27:35 1728512855

What is a PHB? I searched online, and found that it could mean bachelor's in philosophy (PhB) or polyhydroxybutyrate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhydroxybutyrate), but neither makes much sense in this context.

mikestew · 2024-10-09T22:35:38 1728513338

This is not a criticism, but I’m amused that someone with an HN account as old as yours is just now finding out what “PHB” means.

nickff · 2024-10-09T23:22:20 1728516140

I actually own the 20th anniversary Dilbert collection, but it didn't come to mind. I probably have acronym-blindness from encountering too many.

cshimmin · 2024-10-10T05:24:52 1728537892

I have an old hn account. Dilbert was something I was dimly aware of my dad reading in newspapers when I was a kid in the 90s. Never heard the term PHB before today.

astrange · 2024-10-10T02:55:05 1728528905

My memory of PHB (from Dilbert) was overwritten with PFY (from BOFH).

gitaarik · 2024-10-10T02:08:05 1728526085

Don't we mean PHD? PHB is unfamiliar to me too

ip26 · 2024-10-09T22:28:50 1728512930

Pointy haired boss. Coined by Dilbert.