Archive What If? Blag Store About A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. There are four new shirts in the xkcd store , along with posters and lots of other stuff ! Academia vs. Business |< < Prev Random Next > >| |< < Prev Random Next > >| Permanent link to this comic: https://xkcd.com/664/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/academia_vs_business.png [[A programmer sits at a desk in front of a computer. There are cans on the desk and more crushed ones on the floor.]] Programmer: I just wrote the most beautiful code of my life. Programmer: They casually handed me an impossible problem. In 48 hours and 200 lines, I SOLVED it. ((Lines divide the comic into two possible end panels here, labeled "Academia" and "Business.")) [[Academia]] Professor: My god ... this will mean a half-dozen papers, a thesis or two, and a parag...