Drug Dealers
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Software Developers
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| 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,” “Dime bag,” “E”. |
Strange jargon: “SCSI,” “RTFM,” “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 industry’s producing newer, more potent mixes. |
Job is assisted by the industry’s producing newer, faster machines. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers. |
Often seen in the company marketing people and venture capitalists. |
| Their product causes unhealthy addictions. |
DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. ‘Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. |
Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |
