Academia vs Corporate Task Management: Perspectives

“We need you to draw seven red lines, all of them strictly perpendicular: some with green ink and some with transparent. Can you do that?” This line is taken straight from a short comedy sketch, “Expert.” Interested readers can find this video on YouTube. How the main character handles this task illustrates how, like most people from Academia, would. However, in my personal and humble opinion, people from outside of the science field have different expectations from us. Frustrating as it is, understanding these expectations could help those who would, at some point, decide to work outside of the science world.