Drug Dealers And Software Developers Comparison

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Drug dealers<b>a)</b> Software developers <b></b>

 

<b>a)</b>Refer to their clients as "users".

<b></b>Refer to their clients as "users".

 

<b>a)</b>"The first one's free!"

<b></b>"Download a free trial version..."

 

<b>a)</b>Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).

<b></b>Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).

 

<b>a)</b>Strange jargon: "Stick", "Rock", "E", "Wrap", "The Pigs", "Dime bag", "Hit(LSD)"

<b></b>Strange jargon: "SCSI", "RTFM", "E", "Java", "ISDN", "EPROM", "Hit(WWW)"

 

<b>a)</b>Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old 14- to 25-year-old market.

<b></b>Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old 14- to 25-year-old market.

 

<b>a)</b>Your clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you.

<b></b>Your clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you.

 

<b>a)</b>When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive.

<b></b>When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive.

 

<b>a)</b>Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.

<b></b>Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.

 

<b>a)</b>A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.

<b></b>A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.

 

<b>a)</b>Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.

<b></b>Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists.

 

<b>a)</b>Their product causes unhealthy addictions.

<b></b>DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D