Are you a Pro*titute or a Programmer?

1. You work very odd hours.
2. You are paid a lot of money to keep your client happy.
3. You are paid well, but your pimp gets most of the money.
4. You spend a majority of your time in an air-conditioned room.
5. You charge by the hour but your time can be extended for the right price.
6. You are not proud of what you do.
7. Creating fantasies for your clients is rewarded.
8. It's difficult to have a family.
9. You have no job satisfaction.
10. You are embarrassed to tell people what you do for a living.
11. People ask you, "What do you do?" and you can't explain it.
12. Your family hardly recognizes you at reunions (atleast thereunions you attend.)
13. Your friends have distanced themselves from youand you're left hanging with other "professionals."
14. Your client pays for your hotel room plus your hourly rate.
15. Your client always wants to know how much you charge and what they get for the money.
16. When you leave to go see a client, you look great, but return looking like hell (compare your appearance on MondayAM to Friday PM)
17. You are rated on your "performance" in an excruciating ordeal.
18. Even though you get paid the big bucks, it's the client who walks away smiling.
19. The client always thinks your "cut" of your billing rate is higher than it actually is, and inturn, expects miracles from you.
20. When you deduct your "take" from your billingrate, you constantly wonder if you could get a better deal with another pimp.
21. Everyday you wake up and tell yourself, "I'm not going to be doing this stuff the rest of my life."

**Got this in a forward mail today !! ..Author unknown.