| 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 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 industry's producing newer, more potent mixes. | Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, faster, more potent machines. |
| Often seen in the company of pushers,pimps and hustlers. | Often seen in the company of salesman, marketing people and venture capitalists. |
| Their product causes unhealthy addictions. | DOOM. Marathon. SimCity. Command & Conquor. 'Nuff said |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |
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