Drug Dealers Versus Software Developers


Drug Dealers: Refer to their clients as "users."
Software Developers: Refer to their clients as "users".

Drug Dealers: "The first one's free!"
Software Developers: "Download a free trial version..."

Drug Dealers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
Software Developers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).

Drug Dealers: Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock," "Dime bag," "E."
Software Developers: Strange jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN."

Drug Dealers: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
Software Developers: Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.

Drug Dealers: Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, more potent mixes.
Software Developers: Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, faster machines.

Drug Dealers: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
Software Developers: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists.

Drug Dealers: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
Software Developers: Doom, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D... 'Nuff said?

Drug Dealers: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.
Software Developers: Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!