"Drug Dealer Or Software Programmer?"
A Career Comparison
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" "SCSI"
"Rock" "RTFM"
"Wrap" "Packet"
"E" "C"
"Stash" "Cache"
"Drive by" "CTRL ALT DEL"
"Hit (LSD)" "Hit (WWW)"
"Source" "Source-code"
"The Pigs" "Microsoft"
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.
Your client really like your Your clients really like your
stuff when it works. When it stuff when it works. When it
doesn't work they want to kill doesn't work they want to kill
you. you.
Job is assisted by the Job is assisted by the
industry producing industry producing
newer, more potent product. newer, more potent products.
When things go wrong, a When things go wrong, a
"fix" is just a phone call "fix" is just a phone call
away but may be expensive away but may be expensive.
A lot of successful people A lot of successful people
getting rich in this industry getting rich in this industry
while still teenagers while still teenagers
Their product causes DOOM. Quake. SimCity.
unhealthy addictions. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.
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