Drug Dealers vs. Geeks
http://www.silliness.org/drugsvsgeeks.html
| 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 Asian connections. | Have important Asian connections. |
| Strange jargon:”Stick”"Rock”
“Wrap” “E” “Stash” “Drive-by” “Hit (LSD)” “Source” “The Pigs” |
Strange jargon:”SCSI”"RTFM”
“Packet” “C” “Cache” “CTRL ALT DEL” “Hit (WWW)” “Source-code” “Microsoft” |
| Realize that there’s tons of cashin the 14- to 25-year-old market | Realize that there’s tons of cashin the 14- to 25-year-old market |
| Clients really like your stuff when it works.When it doesn’t work they want to kill you. | Clients really like your stuff when it works.When it doesn’t work they want to kill you. |
| Job is assisted by the industry’sproducing newer, more potent product. | Job is assisted by the industry’sproducing newer, more potent products. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps,hustlers and low-lifes. | Often seen in the company of marketingpeople, venture capitalists and fund managers. |
| When things go wrong, a “fix” is justa phone call away, but may be expensive. | When things go wrong, a “fix” is justa phone call away, but may be expensive. |
| A lot of people are getting richwhile still teenagers. | A lot of people are getting richwhile still teenagers. |
| Product causes unhealthy addictions | DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D… |
| Do your job well and you can sleep withsexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! DAMN!!! |
