©Ozq
2007
| 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," "Dimebag," "E." | Strange Jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN", "VB". |
| 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 the 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 3D. 'Nuff said. |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn. Damn! DAMN! |
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2007