Drug Dealers: Refer to their clients as "users".
Programmers: Refer to their clients as "users".

Drug Dealers: "The first one's free!"
Programmers: "Try it free for 30 days!"

Drug Dealers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
Programmers: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code or provide customer support).

Drug Dealers: Strange jargon: "Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag," "E".
Programmers: Strange jargon:"SCSI", "RFID", "JMS", "ODBC"

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

Drug Dealers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.
Programmers: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.

Drug Dealers: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
Programmers: Often seen in the company of marketing people and consultants (same thing).

Drug Dealers: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
Programmers: Warcraft, Guild Wars, Diablo, Counter Strike.

Drug Dealers: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.
Programmers: Do your job well, and you can sleep with... ... damn! Damn! DAMN!!!

(adapted from flor.nl)

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