| Drug dealers | Software developers |
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Refer to their clients as "users." |
Refer to their clients as "users."
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"The first one's free!" |
"Download a free trial version..."
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Have important South-East Asian connections to help move the stuff).
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Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
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Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock," "Dime bag," "E." |
Strange jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN." |
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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. |
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Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent mixes. |
Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines. |
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Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers. |
Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists. |
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Their product causes unhealthy addictions. |
DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said. |
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Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. |
Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |
