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

Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market

Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market

Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you

Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you

Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes

Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture capitalists and fund managers

Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product

Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product

When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive

When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive

A lot of them are getting rich while still teenagers

A lot of them are getting rich while still teenagers

Product causes unhealthy addictions

Product causes unhealthy addictions (DOOM, Quake, etc.)

Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you

Damn! DAMN!!