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.