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 South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff)

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

Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock," "Dime bag," "E"

Strange jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN"

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

Job is assisted by the industries producing newer, more potent mixes

Job is assisted by industries producing newer, faster machines

Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers

Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists

Their product causes unhealthy addictions

DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem, 'Nuff said.

Do your job well, and you can sleep with movie stars who depend on you

Damn. Damn! DAMN!!!