Three Headed Dragon

Drug Dealers

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• Refer to their clients as "users".
• "The first one's free!"
• Have important Asian connections.
• Strange jargon:
  "Stick"
  "Rock"
  "Wrap"
  "E"
  "Stash"
  "Drive-by"
  "Hit (LSD)"
  "Source"
  "The Pigs"
• Realize 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.
• Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product.
• Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes
• 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.
• Product causes unhealthy addictions.
• Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.

Software Developers

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• Refer to their clients as "users".
• "Download a free trial version..."
• Have important Asian connections.
• Strange jargon: "SCSI"
  "RTFM"
  "Packet"
  "C"
  "Cache"
  "CTRL ALT DEL"
  "Hit (WWW)"
  "Source-code"
  "Microsoft"
• Realize 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.
• Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent products.
• 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
• A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers.
• DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D...
• Damn! DAMN!!!