Drug Dealers and Software Developers: Coincidence?
 Collected by Thom Monticue


 Drug dealers: refer to their clients as "users."
 Software developers: refer to their clients as "users."

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

 DD: Have important South-East Asian connections to help move the stuff.

 SD: Have important South-East Asian connections to help debug the code.


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

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

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


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

 DD: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
 SD: Often seen in the company of venture capitalists.

 DD: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
 SD: DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D.

 DD: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who
depend on you.
 SD: Damn!  Damn!  DAMN!!!

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