Drug dealers vs. Software developers
Drug dealers: Refer to their clients as "users".
Software developers: Refer to their clients as "users".
Drug dealers: "The first one's free!"
Software developers: "Download a free trial version..."
Drug dealers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
Software developers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
Drug dealers: Strange jargon:"Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag," "E".
Software developers: Strange jargon: "SCSI", "ISDN", "Java", "RTFM".
Drug dealers: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
Software developers: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
Drug dealers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.
Software developers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.
Drug dealers: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
Software developers: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing).
Drug dealers: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
Software developers: DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.
Drug dealers: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.
Software developers: Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!