> How to indulge a senior manager who wants to talk about technical stuff that they don’t really understand, without rolling your eyes or making them feel stupid

> How to explain a technical concept behind closed doors to a senior person too embarrassed to openly admit that they don’t understand it

Aren't these a bit condescending? Sure they're directed up, but it sounds "be nice when you're looking down on them".

But worse, what if, as an engineer, you've just got a blindspot? What if the manager (or any person for that matter) has a brilliant idea that _you_ don't understand and therefore think it's stupid?

My experiences with senior engineers is that they often need to learn to keep their biases in check.