Drug Dealers and Software Engineers - A Comparison
Drug Dealers:
Software Engineers:
- "The first one is free"
- Have important South-Asia connections (to help move the stuff)
- Strange jargon: "Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag", "E"
- Realize that there's a ton of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market
- Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes
- Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers
- Their products cause unhealthy addictions.
- Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you
Software Engineers:
- "Download a free trial version"
- Have important South-Asia connections (to help debug the code)
- Strange jargon: "TCP/IP", "XML", "Java", "SQL"
- Realize that there's a ton of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market
- Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines
- Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists
- DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D.; Enough said.
- Damn! Damn! DAMN!