:: drug dealer and software developer ::

Drug Dealers
Refer to their clients as "users."

"The first one's free!"

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

Strange jargon:

"Stick"

"Rock"

"Wrap"

"E"

"Stash"

"Drive by"

"Hit (LSD)"

"Source"

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

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

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

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

A lot of successful people getting rich
in this industry while still teenagers.

Their product causes unhealthy
addictions.




Software Developers
Refer to their clients as "users."

"Download a free trial version..."

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

Strange jargon:

"SCSI"

"RTFM"

"Packet"

"C"

"Cache"

"CTRL ALT DEL"

"Hit (WWW)"

"Source-code"

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

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

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

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

A lot of successful people getting rich
in this industry while still teenagers.

DOOM. Quake. SimCity.
Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.