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Drug Dealers & Software Developers - Separated at birth?

Texpunditistan
14-06-2005, 22:44
http://www.egopedia.com/pages/?pageid=34Refer 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'
'The Pigs'

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 product.

Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and lowlives.

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 teen-agers.

Their product causes unhealthy addictions.

Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.---versus---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'
'Microsoft'

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.

Often seen in the company of marketing people and fund managers.

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. Half-Life. SimCity. Counterstrike.

Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!:p
Zouloukistan
15-06-2005, 02:29
I don't understand.

Notice: I don't understand very often threads and/or posts like this one...
Texpunditistan
15-06-2005, 02:34
Go to the linked page. It's easier to get the "joke" if you see the lists side by side.
The Black Forrest
15-06-2005, 02:35
Nahh.

Most software developers I know(game types especially) tend to be customers of the drug dealers. :P

It's funny however. ;)