Mohammad Forouzani

Pay off your technical debt by refactoring regularly

Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 by forouzani.

Being in a startup often means you take the path of least resistance to get the job done – you have to, it’s one of the advantages you have to being small, you are agile and can get things done fast, something corporates can’t do because of all of their business processes and red tape. But cutting corners can lead to problems – it usually encourages developers to build things the quick and dirty way, just to meet a deadline or beat the competition. This technical debt

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How to hire the best developers

Posted on 18. Jun, 2011 by forouzani.

There seems to be some misconception going around – specially in the startup community – that to hire the best talent, you should make the hiring process as grueling as possible for the candidates. This is actually completely opposite to common sense – only those desperate for a job (i.e. NOT the best talent) are going to go through your entire grueling hiring process.

Here are the most common mistakes I have seen companies make:

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Hiring Web Developers

Posted on 06. May, 2011 by forouzani.

When it comes to health they say, “you are what you eat” – if you translate this into the business world, you end up with “you’re potential is only capped by the talent you hire”. I know this all too well as the CTO of a web development company based in London – for Virvo, [...]

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You are not alone – understanding ‘Teamwork’

Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by forouzani.

When a team of developers are hired to build a project – one of the biggest problems the team lead has to resolve… is getting team members to collaborate effectively. I think this is a particularly difficult issue to address when team members work remotely.
The problem is that individuals in the team often waste time [...]

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Assessing a Company Based on their Coffee

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by admin.

There is a method of company assessment that seems to work quite well – assessing a company based on their coffee. This system only really works for coffee connoisseurs, but if you fall into this category, the results are surprisingly accurate.

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