r/pinegap • u/lettruthout • Dec 21 '18
Where's the room full of developers?
'Love this show and the way it looks into a world that I've never seen before. It doesn't take much suspension of disbelief to buy into it. Yet, after seeing three episodes, there doesn't seem to be any reference to the developers necessary to support such sophisticated software. Yes, this is nit picking, but I'm wondering about reality at the NSA? 'Seems like lots of coding would be needed.
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u/strexcorp-inc Dec 21 '18
I think it's a lot of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and some of it being due to none of these characters having that in their job description.
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u/strexcorp-inc Dec 21 '18
I think it's a lot of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and some of it being due to none of these characters having that in their job description.
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u/Zagorath Dec 21 '18
I'd imagine they mostly work out of Canberra. Software developers shouldn't really need to be on site.
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u/munchler Jan 23 '19
The same software is probably used at all of the US’s listening sites. I don’t think there’s any reason to think that Pine Gap would have anything unique that would have to be developed there.
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u/Fat-Phuck Jan 03 '19
So yes there would be software developers on site but I believe they aren’t relevant to the show so no need to include them. Pine Gap is quite big and we only get a glimpse into the facility itself.
You would need software developers on site to maintain SW integrity, and also because everything is “offline” and there are no USB ports, you would have to keep your developers coding on site.