| Drug Dealers | Software Developers |
|---|---|
| Refer to their clients as "users" | Refer to their clients as "users" |
| "The first one's free!" | " Download a free trial version..." |
| Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff) | Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code) |
| Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock," | Strange jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," |
| "Dime bag," "E" | "Java," "ISDN" |
| Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market | Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market |
| Job is assisted by the industries producing newer, more potent mixes | Job is assisted by industries producing newer, faster machines |
| Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers | Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists |
| Their product causes unhealthy addictions | DOOM, Quake, SimCity, 'Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with movie stars who depend on you | Damn. Damn! DAMN!!! |
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