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Issue #49 (01 May) – jobs missing due to holiday; BVG lost and found; prompting ChatGPT; eBay Kleinanzeigen rebrand and bloated MVPs.
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Programming note: I started to write this in Lagos and finished it in Aljezur, Portugal, and compared to Berlin, the sun hits in April! Happy 1st of May, one of my favourite holidays. If you have work, may it be fulfilling, and if you are searching for something, let the handpicked community help you.
⛱️ Handpicked twenty return soon
🧢 skipping the jobs selection due to my holiday
🗂️ jobs from last week this way
🧞♂️ Outliers.
🎬 Projects & Product.
💾 Data & Operations.
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🌟 Handpicked Kleinanzeigen
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🔍 Searching for roles:
Mike (e-mail) is a Brit based in Berlin, seeking a molecular biology role in disease research. PhD candidate with prior experience at RKI and Public Health England.
Semone is an HR-experienced data analyst with >5yrs in start-ups & multinationals. Seeks a dynamic, collaborative team that prioritizes growth & learning.
Jacek is looking for a Lead/ Head of roles in all that is AI. “If you need AI in your company, I'm the right guy with 7+ YoE and a focus on NLP.”
Elise is seeking a marketing role in a startup that needs a hands-on marketer with XP in a strategic and lead role in the B2B software industry.
😎 Cool stuff:
Our next meet-up will be in the first half of June; the invite is going out after my return to Berlin. You can join us by submitting your email.
Nandi is trying a different concept of dating with Dateable. The first event will be on the 11th of May, and if you’d like to try, you can go for free (one for each gender) by sending me an e-mail on a first-come, first-serve basis.
🗞 Top inspiration snippets
🇩🇪 Berlin & Other good stuff
🤔 Do you know any shortcuts/tips/tricks on how to get an appointment at Ausländerbehörde? If so, please share in the comments or drop me an email. Thank you so much!
🚃 Lost something on public transport? Here is the website to deal with it. It will be sold at an auction if you do not pick it up in 6 weeks. These are done quarterly, and see you at Auktionshaus Beier in July because I need some AirPods.
🚗 Germany is extremely dependent on the automotive industry and their exports. Don’t quote me on that, but the big ones make roughly 1/3 of their revenues in China. Now, look at these charts and think: What sets modern cars apart? What does it mean for Germany? Soon, the brand will be the only differentiator.
🙌 Pragmatic Engineer () gave me a nice shoutout tweet. A must-follow if you are interested in tech/engineering. One of my recent favourites is this interview with Steve Yegge, which is full of interesting insights.
🤖 If you are like me, you maybe feel worried that your ChatGPT prompt game is weak (especially after reading all those "prompt influencers" milking the trend on the bird app). A while ago, I even linked to a “Prompt Engineer” as a future profession. But according to 's Guide to Prompting, we do not have much to worry about. In a nutshell: just try things out and then repeat.
📦 eBay-Kleinanzeigen, one of the best German websites (😅) with 40M monthly users, will finally rename to Kleinanzeigen on 16.5 after being sold to Norwegian classifieds specialist Adevinta in 2021. Most of it will stay the same; I am delighted my “Top Zufriedenheit” status will also be migrated.
😔 Bad news: N26 is laying off 71 (4%), Knister Grill (Munich) insolvent; Flink shrank for 8k (down from 21k!) employees since April 2022.
r/berlin choice of the week: activists vandalized a few luxury shops on K’damm, and of course, the commentariat delivered again on all sides of the spectrum. Also, BVG has a new type of tram that looks like a car. 😅
✈️ This week I learned that BER Terminals 1 and 2 are connected. You can use any security control to access gates at both terminals.
📆 Here is the mandatory Exberliner overview of interesting events in May.
💬 Briefly: SellerX (Berlin) is rumoured to be in a sale process; HelloFresh and Delivery Hero are, unsurprisingly, growing slower: check their Investor Relations pages for details and take it with a pinch of salt; Bosch plans to purchase TSI Semiconductors' assets for $1.5 billion to enhance its semiconductor business with silicon carbide chips; Finn (Munich) CEO Max-Josef Meier resigned after harassing several female colleagues on a company event.
💸 Recently funded in Berlin & Germany
Swobbee | Berlin | Battery rental operations & charging infrastructure expansion | €2M Series A Extension | Careers.
Rydes | Berlin | Platform for employee monthly mobility budgets | €3.5M Seed | Careers.
eROCKIT entered into partnership with Indian Motovolt | Berlin | eBikes/mofas/mopeds | €1M Investment + €10M in production facility in India | Careers.
Reverion | Eresing (Bavaria) | Production of biogas power plants | €8.5M | Careers.
🤓 Timeless and useful
Loads have been written on how to build a startup. This collection from Liron Shapira resource is particularly useful, but in a nutshell: do not overengineer things. Keeping it simple is HARD, but nothing good was ever easy.
😅 Meanwhile
55% of Germans do not support a four-day-week:
This is a footer 👥 visualisation of where do eight billion people live.
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