{"id":2744,"date":"2007-02-05T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/05\/drug-dealers-vs-geeks\/"},"modified":"2007-02-05T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T19:11:00","slug":"drug-dealers-vs-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/05\/drug-dealers-vs-geeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug dealers vs Geeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why drug dealers have it better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Drug Dealers<\/b><\/td>\nSoftware Developers<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Refer to their clients as “users”<\/td>\nRefer to their clients as “users”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“The first one's free!”<\/td>\n“Download a free trial version…”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Have important Asian connections.<\/td>\nHave important Asian connections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strange jargon:
\n\t“Stick”
\n\t“Rock”
\n\t“Wrap”
\n\t“E”
\n\t“Stash”
\n\t“Drive-by”
\n\t“Hit (LSD)”
\n\t“Source”\n\t<\/td>\n		Strange jargon:
\n\t“SCSI”
\n\t“RTFM”
\n\t“Packet”
\n\t“C”
\n\t“Cache”
\n\t“CTRL ALT DEL”
\n\t“Hit (WWW)”
\n\t“Source-code”
\n\t“Microsoft”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Realize that there's tons of cash
\n\tin the 14- to 25-year-old market<\/td>\n		Realize that there's tons of cash
\n\tin the 14- to 25-year-old market<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clients really like your stuff when it works.
\n\tWhen it doesn't work they want to kill you.<\/td>\n		Clients really like your stuff when it works.
\n\tWhen it doesn't work they want to kill you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job is assisted by the industry –
\n\tproducing newer, more potent product.<\/td>\n		Job is assisted by the industry –
\n\tproducing newer, more potent products.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Often seen in the company of pimps,
\n\thustlers and low-lifes.<\/td>\n		Often seen in the company of marketing
\n\tpeople, venture capitalists and fund managers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When things go wrong, a “fix” is just
\n\ta phone call away, but may be expensive.<\/td>\n		When things go wrong, a “fix” is just
\n\ta phone call away, but may be expensive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A lot of people are getting rich
\n\twhile still teenagers.<\/td>\n		A lot of people are getting rich
\n\twhile still teenagers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Product causes unhealthy addictions<\/td>\nDOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do your job well and you can sleep with
\n\tsexy movie stars who depend on you.<\/td>\n		Damn! DAMN!!!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why drug dealers have it better! Drug Dealers Software Developers Refer to their clients as “users” Refer to their clients as “users” “The first one's free!” “Download a free trial version…” Have important Asian connections. Have important Asian connections. Strange jargon: “Stick” “Rock” “Wrap” “E” “Stash” “Drive-by” “Hit (LSD)” “Source” Strange jargon: “SCSI” “RTFM” “Packet”…<\/p>\n

Read More “Drug dealers vs Geeks”<\/span> »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-random-shit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-Ig","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}