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Drug dealers                            Software developers
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Refer to their clients                  Refer to their clients
as "users".                             as "users".

"The first one's free!"                 "Download a free trial version..."

Have important South-East               Have important South-East
Asian connections                       Asian connections
(to help move the stuff).               (to help debug the code).

Strange jargon:                         Strange jargon:
"Stick," "Rock,"                        "SCSI," "RTFM,"
"Dime bag," "E".                        "Java," "ISDN".

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

Job is assisted by the                  Job is assisted by
industry's producing                    industry's producing
newer, more potent mixes.               newer, faster machines.

Often seen in the company               Often seen in the company of
of pimps and hustlers.                  marketing people and venture
                                                  capitalists.

Their product causes                    DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D.
unhealthy addictions.                   'Nuff said.

Do your job well, and                   Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
you can be with
sexy movie stars who
depend on you.