salescritter

/sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer

salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke:

Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a

computer salesman?

A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add:

...and probably knows how to drive.]

This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters

are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains

and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming).

The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common.

Compare marketroid, suit.

[Jargon File]

(1994-12-08)