May
17
2010
Comparison Between Drug Dealers and Software Developers
Posted by: Jester| • 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”, etc. | • Strange jargon: “SCSI,” “RTFM,” “Java,” “ISDN”, etc. | |
| • 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. | • World of Warcraft, SimCity, Second Life. ‘Nuff said. | |
| • Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | • Damn! |
