Drug Dealers vs. Software Developers
Published on Thu 01 February 2001
| 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. |
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| Realise that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. | Realise that there's tons of cash in 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's producing newer, more potent product. | Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes. | Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture capitalists and fund managers. |
| When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. | When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
| A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. | A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
| Product causes unhealthy addictions. | DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D... |
| Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! Damn!!! |