Drug dealers vs. Software developers

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 Drug dealers                 vs.  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"                           "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 pimps, hustlers                of marketing people, venture 
 and lowlives.                     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 teenagers             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.