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