| 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 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 the14- to 25-year-old market |
Realize that there's tons of cash in the14- 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. The Sims. Duke Nukem. ‘Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with movie stars who depend on you |
Damn! Damn! DAMN! |
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