“What do you mean, it needs comments!? If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand–why do you think we call it code???”

Drug dealers:

* Refer to their clients as “users”.
* “The first one’s free!”
* Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
* Strange jargon: “Stick”, “Rock”, “Dime bag,” “E”.
* Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
* Job is assisted by industry’s producing newer, more potent mixes.
* Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
* Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
* Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.

Software developers:

* Refer to their clients as “users”.
* “Download a free trial version…”
* Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
* Strange jargon: “SCSI”, “ISDN”, “Java”, “RTFM”
* Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
* Job is assisted by industry’s producing newer, faster machines.
* Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists.
* Their product causes unhealthy addictions – DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D.
* Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!