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No way to help, but:
TL;DR - my job sucks. Not enough to actually get sympathy from much of anyone, though.
More info if you want it:
My manager thinks he's the smartest man alive and is instantly better than everyone else on the team, but he's literally making every single bad choice he can.
I asked him a question about a specific implementation detail comment on an RFC the other day and he kept reiterating the plan for the overall feature.
Like, bro, I literally know the plan, just tell me whether or not the field is able to be used in the URL now. It was just abundantly clear that he had no idea what the answer was, but chose not to say "I don't know" and instead just kept reiterating the basic plan.
There was no miscommunication on my part. I'm successfully working on the ticket. He just didn't want to say "I don't know". He opted to waste my time as well as everyone else's on that call.
This, on top of pay issues (IE, them paying me very late), means I'm actively searching again. This job has been the biggest thorn in my ass for way too long.
It's hard to get sympathy from people, though, since I also get paid very handsomely. I've basically realized I need to just stop mentioning my job with people from my hometown. That's fine, though, again the main issue really is my manager. Other than him, to be real, my life is amazing.
Is your boss and my boss one person? Because your description matches perfectly. He thinks he's always right and never admits he's wrong. Also empathy = 0.
At least there's no problem when you need to get out early or "I need to go for an hour to sort my stuff".
Luckily the rest of people in the office are chill to balance his behaviour.
I feel you and I'm sorry you have to go through all of that. That sucks ass, having to tolerate being put down in a field where you are supposed to be the intellectual authority but are subverted by power hungry jackasses.