| 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 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” |
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 |
Clients really like your stuff when it works.
When it doesn’t work they want to kill you. |
Clients really like your stuff when it works.
When it doesn’t work they want to kill you. |
Job is assisted by the industry’s
producing newer, more potent product. |
Job is assisted by the industry’s
producing newer, more potent products. |
Often seen in the company of pimps,
hustlers and low-lifes. |
Often seen in the company of marketing
people, venture capitalists 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… |
Do your job well and you can sleep with
sexy movie stars who depend on you. |
Damn! DAMN!!! |
