Drug Dealers vs. Software Developers :P

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”, “E”, “Wrap”, “The Pigs”, “Dime bag”, “Hit(LSD)”	Strange jargon: “SCSI”, “RTFM”, “E”, “Java”, “ISDN”, “EPROM”, “Hit(WWW)”
Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old 14- to 25-year-old market.	Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old 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.	Your clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn’t work they want to kill you.
When things go wrong, a “fix” is just a phone call away, but may be expensive.	When things go wrong, a “fix” is just a phone call away, but may be expensive.
Job is assisted by the industry’s producing newer, more potent mixes.	Job is assisted by industry’s producing newer, faster machines.
A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.	A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.
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. Duke Nukem 3D
They do their job well, and then can sleep withsexy movie stars whodepend on them.	Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!

~ от mitafa на март 17, 2008.