Drug dealers                     Software developers
----------------------------      ---------------------------
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"                           "SCSI"
      "Rock"                            "RTFM"
      "Wrap"                            "Packet"
      "E"                               "C"
      "Stash"                           "Cache"
      "Drive by"                        "CTRL ALT DEL"
      "Hit (LSD)"                       "Hit (WWW)"
      "Source"                          "Source-code"
      "The Pigs"                        "Microsoft"

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.

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

Job is assisted by the          Job is assisted by the
industry producing              industry producing
newer, more potent product.     newer, more potent products.

Often seen in the company     Often seen in the company of
of pimps, hustlers            marketing people, venture
and lowlifes                  capitalists and fund managers.

When things go wrong, a        When things go wrong, a
"fix" is just a phone call     "fix" is just a phone call
away but may be expensive      away but may be expensive

A lot of successful people         A lot of successful people
getting rich in this industry      getting rich in this industry
while still teen-agers             while still teenagers

Their product causes               DOOM. Quake. SimCity.
unhealthy addictions.              Duke Nukem 3D.  'Nuff said.

Do your job well, and             Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!

you can sleep with
sexy movie stars who
depend on you.


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