Drug Dealers and Software Developers: The Nature of Addiction


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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 Southeast Asian connections (to help move the stuff). Have important Southeast 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 industry's producing newer, faster machines.
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. 'Nuff said.
Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. Damn! Damn! DAMN!!