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#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!)

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?

announcing Handpicked Careers

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

will AI replace all of us?

Issue #186 (16 Feb) - Maglev train; anti BER lobby; German novels; making a living as an artist; is infinite scroll doomed in the EU?

should part-time work be reformed?

Issue #185 (9 Feb) - Berlinale is back; winter chaos; Berlin Werbefrei; Telekom speeds; signs of low intelligence.

would you work in defence tech?

Issue #184 (Feb 2) - new email layout; Money Talk is back; secret to being happy and why layoffs don't work!

did you see the northern lights?

who wants free potatoes?

Guten Morgen,

how did 2026 start for you?

Happy New Year, but only if it’s still appropriate to write it on the 12th,

will you be paying the Solitude Tax? (Berlin in 2035)

This newsletter issue is from the future, Berlin in December 2035. It’s just a fun experiment with the same structure as the existing newsletter. If you have 3 minutes, please help me improve the product by answering a couple of questions.