Drug dealers vs. Software developers

Drug dealers: Refer to their clients as "users".

Software developers: Refer to their clients as "users".

Drug dealers: "The first one's free!"

Software developers: "Download a free trial version..."

Drug dealers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).

Software developers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).

Drug dealers: Strange jargon:"Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag," "E".

Software developers: Strange jargon: "SCSI", "ISDN", "Java", "RTFM".

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

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

Drug dealers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.

Software developers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.

Drug dealers: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.

Software developers: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing).

Drug dealers: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.

Software developers: DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.

Drug dealers: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.

Software developers: Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!