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Drug Dealers v Software Developers

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  • 18-01-2008 3:30pm
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    Hagar
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    Drug Dealers............: Refer to their clients as "users".
    Software Developers..: Refer to their clients as "users".

    Drug Dealers............: "The first one's free!"
    Software Developers..: "Download a free trial version..."

    Drug Dealers............: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
    Software Developers..: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).

    Drug Dealers............: Strange jargon: "Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag," "E".
    Software Developers..: Strange jargon: "SCSI", "ISDN", "Java", "RTFM"

    Drug Dealers............: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
    Software Developers..: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.

    Drug Dealers............: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.
    Software Developers..: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.

    Drug Dealers............: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
    Software Developers..: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing).

    Drug Dealers............: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
    Software Developers..: DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.

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


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