Drug Dealers and Software Engineers - a Comparison

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     Drug dealers                       Software developers
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Refer to their clients             Refer to their clients
as "users".                             as "users".

"The first one's free!"            "Download a free trial version..."

Have important South-East     Have important South-East
Asian connections                  Asian connections
(to help move the stuff).          (to help debug the code).

Strange jargon:                         Strange jargon:
"Stick," "Rock,"                        "SCSI," "RTFM,"
"Dime bag," "E".                        "Java," "ISDN".

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

Job is assisted by the             Job is assisted by
industry's producing               industry's producing
newer, more potent mixes.          newer, faster machines.

Often seen in the company          Often seen in the company of
of pimps and hustlers.             marketing people and venture
                                        capitalists.

Their product causes               DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem
unhealthy addictions.              'Nuff said.

Do your job well, and              Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
you can sleep with
sexy movie stars who
depend on you.