Handpicked Berlin

Your weekly Berlin briefing — news, tech, business and culture.
Curated by Igor Ranc.

Newsletter issues

Mar 30, 2026

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13 min read

#192: does the Görli fence make sense?

🧶 Without checking the data quality at all, the Salary Trends 2026 will be a major upgrade over 2025. By last Friday, we had 4000+ submissions...

Igor Ranc

Mar 23, 2026

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15 min read

#191: how to bring rents down?

🚀 I am taking a short break, but it wasn’t a properly planned vacation, so I still need to work. But this is fine, because I love my job.

Igor Ranc

Mar 16, 2026

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12 min read

#190: what's this demo about?

🏓 I was just thinking how crazy 2026 has been so far in almost every sense...

Igor Ranc

Mar 9, 2026

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13 min read

#189: why is the Smiley Portal gone?

Salary Trends had a good first week, and I’d be happy if you could share it with your friends/WhatsApp group or your team (nothing better than a good Slack channel post, HR is gonna love you!)

Igor Ranc

Mar 2, 2026

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13 min read

how much do you make?

Issue #188 (2 Mar) - a restaurant & three movies rec; BVG strike no. 2; 12 distractions you can set aside; what's your excuse?

Igor Ranc

Feb 23, 2026

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15 min read

announcing Handpicked Careers

Issue #187 (23 Feb) - new Money Talk; population drop; BAD1; Berlinale winners; on bland AI writing.

Igor Ranc