Drug dealers and software developers compared.
| 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 Asian connections. | Have important Asian connections. |
| Strange jargon: "Stick" "Rock" "Wrap" "E" "Stash" "Drive-by" "Hit (LSD)" "Source" "The Pigs" |
Strange jargon: "SCSI" "RTFM" "Packet" "C" "Cache" "CTRL ALT DEL" "Hit (WWW)" "Source-code" "Microsoft" |
| Realise that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. |
Realise that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. |
| Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. |
Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. |
| Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product. |
Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes. |
Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture capitalists and fund managers. |
| When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
| A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
| Product causes unhealthy addictions. |
DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D... |
| Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. |
Damn! DAMN!!! |