From aimee.kanzler@yale.eduTue Feb 18 08:42:44 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 16:40:21 -0500
From: Aimee Kanzler <aimee.kanzler@yale.edu>
To: jfallon@connix.com, hfarkas@carfax.ims.advantis.com
Subject: Programming vs. pushing

>
>Drug Dealers and Software Engineers - a Comparison
>
>---------------------------      ---------------------------
>Drug dealers                     Software developers
>---------------------------      ---------------------------
>
>Refer to their clients           Refer to their clients
>as "users".                      as "users".
>
>"The first one's free!"          "Download a free trial version..."
>
>Have important South-East        Have important South-East
>Asian connections                Asian connections
>(to help move the stuff).        (to help debug the code).
>
>Strange jargon:                  Strange jargon:
>"Stick," "Rock,"                 "SCSI," "RTFM,"
>"Dime bag," "E".                 "Java," "ISDN".
>
>Realize that there's             Realize that there's
>tons of cash in the              tons of cash in the
>14- to 25-year-old               14- to 25-year-old
>market.                              market.
>
>Job is assisted by the           Job is assisted by
>industry's producing             industry's producing
>newer, more potent mixes.      newer, faster machines.
>
>Often seen in the company    Often seen in the company of
>of pimps and hustlers.           marketing people and venture
>                                                capitalists.
>
>Their product causes             DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D
>unhealthy addictions.            'Nuff said.
>
>Do your job well, and            Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
>you can sleep with
>sexy movie stars who
>depend on you.
>
>