There's a real culture of Agile and dynamic thinking amongst the developers here, and most weeks there's a lunchtime session from either an evangelical department member or a leading industry figure. Innovation is encouraged and technology is used to drive solutions, not confine them to a complex framework. All of this within guidelines and standards, but rather than having oodles of documentation we're making advances to enforce them through automation policies (CI).

I'm the technical lead of a dedicated development team working directly with the Motion Gallery business team and since moving to new offices we sit with them. This has been really great in focusing development efforts, letting the business team see how we work, and generally being very open with each other. It's broken down the traditional 'them' and 'us' barriers and helps us be more responsive.

I have had the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, from the Indies Portal to the Digital Showcase Application as well as operational aspects of the department too. My job means that I'm fortunate enough to be involved in some way in a lot of the changes that take place here, I've been promoting agile techniques for some time now and often ramble on about the experiences we have here over on my blog* I get to spend a lot of time with the developers here too, I have in the region of 15 or so people that I act as line manager for and it's one of the aspects of the job I enjoy the most.

As with any job there's always aspects that you don't necessarily enjoy as much as the others and I would admit that there are aspects of this job that I find frustrating but the real beauty of BBC Worldwide and the job I have here is that people are prepared to let you address those and you're given the help you need to achieve your goals.

Read Dan Rough's blog*

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I joined BBC Worldwide in April 2001 and started off supporting a royalty payment system. This is a third party application written by a company in LA. I was liasing with our users in the London office and with the company in LA providing support and assistance as necessary. I am currently working in the Application Support Team within the bigger applications and web team. My team is responsible for supporting many of the wide range of applications used within the different business areas of BBC Worldwide. Issues are raised and we analyse and fix the problem within an agreed timescale.

I especially enjoy the customer facing aspect of my job and have recently attended a TV Trade Show in Cannes as the IT on site support representative. I also attend BBC Showcase (BBC Worldwide's largest event held annually at Brighton in February) and provide software support and demonstrations of our digital application to delegates from around the world.

Both professionally and socially the team within which I work at BBC Worldwide is fun, interesting and exciting. Outside of work BBC Worldwide offers a lot of opportunities to socialise through various courses and activities. I am currently a member of the BBC Netball Club and participate in various other sports. I also volunteer to help out annually on the live transmission night of Children in Need at Television Centre.

I started here in 2002 during the first dotcom boom, and the work we do was exciting then and it's still exciting now. It's the no.1 place to work in development right now. There is a real pride in the craft of developing software that's both aspirational and inspirational.

I work mostly on TV and online rights systems using agile project management processes and test driven development. There is constant communication and feedback from all other members of the project team (BA's, Project managers, etc.). I have pair programming sessions with a the software development coach, and although I've been a developer for ten years and at BBC worldwide for eight I learn something new about my profession every day.

Socially and professionally BBC Worldwide really is one of the best office environments to work in. There is a really supportive, college-like feel to the department that is both nurturing and fun. If you're stuck there is always someone to help, there is very little back biting or fiefdoms and a real 'we are in this together' spirit.

I'm a C# developer working on the OLC (Online Catalogue). I work on all aspects of the system, from architectural design to whizzie Ajax interfaces.

Admittedly I was initially wooed by the reputation of the company, but when I came for my interview I was more struck by the people I spoke to and the way they worked. It was the most attractive environment I had come across.

Working in the BBC Worldwide IT department is a bit like attending a conference. The opportunity to investigate new technologies and processes is actively encouraged, as is going to conferences and training courses. Most weeks there is a 'lunchtime session' run by volunteers from the department, but also from well known industry figures. Aside from these sessions there is a real feeling of being part of a developer community. Whilst there is definitely a hierarchy it's mainly academic and managers are more than happy for you to bite their ears off or hear your views.

The emphasis is on self-organising teams. At the beginning of each iteration we plan how we are going to deliver the prioritised work from the product backlog and get to it. No one is individually responsible for any particular task and we draw on the collective resources of the team to get things done - it's up to us to decide the best way to go about it.

We've just moved into new offices which have been tailor-made to suite the way we work (whiteboards everywhere!). The offices are open plan, light and airy.

Read Rob Bowley's blog*

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I am a Development Manager working with a number of agile development projects that increasingly utilise an emerging Enterprise Integration Platform.

Having gained excellent commercial and technical experience within Financial Services, I was initially drawn to BBC Worldwide by the ethos and values, but was struck by the honesty, transparency and infectious energy of the delivery teams collaborating within a supportive environment.

Common to many technology organisations, there are many challenges, that, coupled with current growing pains, poses significant problems that need to be addressed, whilst continually delivering increasing business value.

It is an exciting time for the media industry globally and with the very public onset of convergence. Technology is always moving at a pace, and the latest advances in the formulation of a Service Orientated Environment (SOE) incorporates significant advances for provisioning content. The Content Contribution Platform (CCP) that is the backbone for many well known projects such as BBC iPlayer and BBC Motion Gallery represents an example of the many great opportunities to work at the leading edge, innovate at every opportunity and be the best you can be.