| 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!!! |