Subject: A comparison of two lifestyles
Drug dealers (DD)
Software developers (SD)
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DD: Refer to their clients as "users".
SD: 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 stuff).
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: Your clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you.
SD: Your clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you.
DD: Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, more potent products.
SD: Job is assisted by the industry producing newer, more potent products.
DD: Often seen in the company pimps, hustlers and lowlifes..
SD: Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture capitalists and fund managers
DD: When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away but may be expensive.
SD: When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away but may be expensive.
DD: A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.
SD: A lot of successful people getting rich in this industry while still teenagers.
DD: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.
SD: Okay maybe they are different.
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