Software Developers and Drug Dealers Compared

Drug Dealers

Software Developers
Refer to their clients as “users” Refer to their clients as “users”
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Have important Asian connections Have important Asian connections
Strange jargon:
  • Stick
  • Rock
  • Wrap
  • E
  • Stash
  • Drive-by
  • Hit (LSD)
  • Source
  • The Pigs
 Strange jargon:
  • SCSI
  • RTFM
  • Packet
  • C
  • Cache
  • Ctrl-Alt-Del
  • Hit (WWW)
  • Source code
  • Microsoft
Realise that there’s tons of cash in the 14– to 25–year–old market. Realise that there’s tons of cash in the 14– to 25–year–old market.
Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn’t, they want to kill you. Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn’t, they want to kill you.
Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, more powerful product. Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, more powerful product.
Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers, and low-lifes. Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture caputalists and fund managers.
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.
A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers.
Product causes unhealthy addictions. Doom, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D, etc.
Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. Damn! DAMN!!!