Your post intrigued me about the word "boss" and it as a "role". It, also, occurred that I've never viewed anyone as my boss. There may be a few who thought they were my boss but no way!

Don't get me wrong I had dozens of jobs. I had the first dozen or so before I was 16 years old. The thought just never occurred to me "ever" that anyone. was or could be my "boss". Fascinating?

One confused fellow human to another living my life going from the "unknown to the known to the unknown" in each moment. Bossless by choice.