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how does a bad recruiter behave?
Issue #177 (8 Dec) - word of the year; fireworks ban extended; how to tweak your career; the only diet that makes sense and Wunderflats email.
why is the info about my bus/bahn wrong?
Issue #176 (1 Dec) - new Money Talk; raffle for a book; great gift ideas collection; Christmas markets worth visiting & new service portal bot.
are you also addicted to social media?
Issue #175 (24 Nov) - sauna marketplace; great cevapcici; State of the European Tech; AI is making us work more and 11 funding rounds.
is AI coming for HR?
Issue #174 (17 Nov) - new Money Talk; 7 events; no need for appointments at Bürgeramt; the problem with self-help gurus and more.
how do top earners in Germany compare?
Issue #173 (10 Nov) - coworking idea; fines up, Deutschlandticket stays; supermarket alternatives; Dwarkesh and Andrej rock it.
are you happier than a Hamburger?
Issue #172 (3 Nov) - Money talk #2; unusual bars in town; top 100 AI startups; gentle touch feels like love.
how does Anna spend her money?
Issue #171 (27 Oct) - 4 great companies; nextbike soon gone?; tips for free museums and a new snippet section.
how to throw a good party?
Issue #170 (20 Oct) – fastest growing startups; destinations from BER; best cocktail bars; don't change your job to get promoted.
should you hire juniors?
Issue #169 (13 Oct) - instant payments now live; greedy landlords finally getting punished; Almedia breakdown; a new Berlin unicorn.
is your corporate job dead as well?
Issue #168 (6 Oct) - 93% of rents excessive; October events; Munich crushing it; age is just a number.
are you subletting? things might change!
Issue #167 (Sep 29) - investors are bullish on Germany; 4 methods of finding an apartment; 11 spots for tacos; on the urgency of leisure and life-changing items.
how do you defeat populists?
Issue #166 (Sep 22) - Berlin Builders Circle; Coffee with Zim; Payrails breakdown; Entstuckung?; 11 unknown places; career advantages of natives.
is working 996 realistic for employees?
Issue #165 (15 Sep) – 5 major companies in Berlin; BoulderPals; auction adventure; 10 most expensive flats in Germany; subtle signs of bad people.
would tolls make sense in Berlin?
Issue #164 (08 Sep) – dinner club registrations open; Coffee with Simon; saint sass breakdown; 222 litres of rain; hiring the best engineers and working with ADHD.
how much savings do you have?
Issue #163 (01 Sep) – great events in September; LAP Coffee chat; A100 fiasco; new scanners at BER; new fines and how to waste a morning.
should our messages and photos be scanned?
Issue #162 (18 Aug) – going full-time; coffee with Jonathan; where to eat and not to eat; ACs on the rise; how to be better and great puzzles.
should e-scooters be banned?
Issue #161 (11 Aug) – product manager types; Coffee with Mats; PUA still here?; posters for flats; beer consumption in Germany, and how not to lose your job to AI.
is AI a bubble?
Issue #160 (04 Aug) – literary events newsletter; Coffee with Isabelle; German Startup Monitor; environmental maps; a guide for fresh managers.
should you be friends with your team?
Issue #159 (28 Jul) – raffle for Pearl Summit; Coffee with Christoph; most promising startups in Germany; Bavaria beating Berlin; techno viking video turns 25.