Drug Dealers
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- Refer to their clients as "users".
- "The first one's free!"
- Have important Asian connections.
- Strange jargon:
"Stick"
"Rock"
"Wrap"
"E"
"Stash"
"Drive-by"
"Hit (LSD)"
"Source"
"The Pigs"
- 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.
- Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent
product.
- Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes
- 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.
- Product causes unhealthy addictions.
- Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who
depend on you.
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Software Developers
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- Refer to their clients as "users".
- "Download a free trial version..."
- Have important Asian connections.
- 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.
- 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
products.
- 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
- A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers.
- DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D...
- Damn! DAMN!!!
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