Drugs v.s. Programing

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 Drug dealers                               Software developers
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Refer to their clients                     Refer to their clients
 as "users".                                as "users".

             "The first one's free!"                   "Download a free trial version..."

    Have important South-East              Have important South-East
 Asian connections                    Asian connections
 (to help move the stuff).                 (to help debug the code).

 Strange jargon:                            Strange jargon:
 "Stick," "Rock,"                             "SCSI," "RTFM,"
 "Dime bag," "E".                            "Java," "ISDN".

 Realize that there's                       Realize that there's
 tons of cash in the                         tons of cash in the
 14- to 25-year-old                          14- to 25-year-old
 market.                                       market.

 Job is assisted by the                   Job is assisted by
 industry's producing                      industry's producing
 newer, more potent mixes.                newer, faster machines.

 Often seen in the company              Often seen in the company of
 of pimps and hustlers.                   marketing people and venture
                                      capitalists.

 Their product causes             DOOM. Quake. 

     unhealthy addictions.          Duke Nukem 3D.
                                  'Nuff said.

          Do your job well, and                 Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
 you can sleep with                                            
 sexy movie stars who                                           
 depend on you.                                       

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