Best of Handpicked in February 2024 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
🙏 Participate in Salary Trends 2024
Issue #91 (04 Mar) – 20+ HR & Recruitment jobs; Coffee with Anne-Kathrin; share of foreigners now 24.4%; freelancing jobs most impacted by AI; Marta stood out; best events of March and more.
📴 Who else wants to cut their screen time?
Perspective #02 - or How I slashed my screen time by two-thirds and why I'd love you to join!
how often do you use ChatGPT & co.?
Issue #90 (26 Feb) – 20+ Business & Strategy jobs; Coffee with Lalai; the best pizza in Berlin?; founders salaries; printable calendar; benefits of memorization; what does Chief of Staff do?
are you spontaneous or prefer a plan?
Issue #89 (19 Feb) – Design & UX/UI jobs; Coffee with Jonny; things to check before you sing your contract; review of Filthy Pleasures BBQ; 36 boys gang; resources on managing people and Timeguessr.
Do you get paid for overtime?
Issue #88 (12 Feb) – 20 Sales, Cust Success & Ops jobs; 4th GSD cohort for FREE; Coffee with Maja; exhibitions in 2024; how to hire great people; Vision Pro at lunch? and beer consumption in Germany.
did your company ask you to return to the office?
Issue #87 (05 Feb) – 20 marketing and comms jobs; Salary survey returns; Coffee with Manoj; Denkmal karte for Berlin; housing crises are permanent; CO2 and lüften.
🗂️ Best of handpicked in January 2024 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
will you apply for dual citizenship? ♡
Issue #86 (29 Jan) – 20+ data, analytics and finance jobs; Factory competition; Chef for Olaf; Coffee with Verena; cost of living in Berlin; Berlinale around the corner and apartment search hack.
🧭 How to find a great company to work for?
Perspective #01 - on greatness and toxicity of companies (with a bonus 26 ideas for supporters).
kleinanzeigen exploded 🎉
Issue #85 (22 Jan) – 20+ tech & dev jobs; Kegeln match; Coffee with Nico from All About Berlin; renewables rocking; lunches for under €11; who's Adonis?
First they came ...
Issue #84 (15 Jan) – 20 jobs in HR; Gegen Nazis; looking for a freelancer?; Coffee with Eva; Wirecard mafia; layoffs everywhere; a case to learn German; the best science images.
don't miss the "Cool stuff" section!
Issue #83 (08 Jan) – 20+ Business & Strategy jobs; GEN AI hype or not?; optimize your holiday plans; €180M on what?; did Uber win? and the average life expectancy.
🙏 I need your help.
Briefly on 2023 and plans for 2024. Plus a free guide on "how to write better".
🎉 Is this the last issue of 2023?
Issue #82 (18 Dec) – sales and ops jobs; Google review suck; lists of startups for '24; life is too short for BS; how couples meet?
📈 Are you above or below 52k?
Issue #81 (11 Dec) – design & UI/UX jobs; DHL package count; discipline as an easy hack; guess the U/S-Bahn station game.
😱 Did this ever land in Spam?
Issue #80 (04 Dec) – marketing and comms jobs; 20 Percent rules; Berlin is climbing pricing index; best career advice in years; why a dinner costs 200€?; ideas for Christmas presents.
🗂️ Best of handpicked in November 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
🤗 Thank YOU for being one of 5,000+
Issue #79 (27 Nov) – data & analytics jobs; Gezellig Sessions; fonts and museums of Berlin; Christmas markets season; what are LLMs?; culture at Google; dry funding week.
☝️ "Don't make these mistakes with your side hustle" is online!
Issue #78 (20 Nov) – tech & dev job focus; another GSD session; salary slips across Germany; OnlyFans is hard work and a kitchen debate from 1959 you wouldn't see today.
🔍 What's your current team setup? Plus, a €500M round from Heidelberg!
Issue #77 (13 Nov) – HR + other jobs; Berlin crises; are Product managers useless?; 3526 free calculators and weed on a private jet.
✈️ First world problems: Christmas lights and long-haul flights?
Issue #76 (06 Nov) – business and strategy jobs; Pub Quiz success; 400k a year in 10 hours weekly; Tagesgeld shopping; resilience can win you a Nobel prize; LEO satellites from Germany.
🗂️ Best of handpicked in October 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
❓What'd you like to read about?
Issue #75 (30 Oct) – Sales jobs; my first audio reel; fourteen funded companies; disappearing stores in Prenzl; how to make friends as an adult; visual map of electronic music; I'm sorry I bit you!
😎 Jobs are back! Are you a Product Manager? Check if you are paid fairly.
Issue #74 (23 Oct) – 20+ jobs focused on design & UX /UI; three gorgeous links from Christian; FAQ on Gen AI; are you a quiet quitter?; books on dating apps; the best hummus and crow wisdom on döner.
🤔 Who owns Berlin?
Issue #73 (16 Oct) – People & Culture festival; join our Pub Quiz; follow Laura; documentary about Berlin you need to see; how to get your CV noticed; two great bars and on reading well.
😎 Who else wants to get sh*t done? A new project!
Issue #72 (09 Oct) – send a fax online; struggling fine dining scene; coffee with Tino; German Startup Monitor; nerdy stores in Berlin and the promise of Black Semiconductor.
🗂️ Best of handpicked in September 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
😳 Was geht, Berlin? Are we in crisis?
Issue #71 (02 Oct) – marketing and comms jobs; solar plant subsidy; Friedrichstraße in 1896; tree catalogue of Berlin; the Leading European Tech Scaleups; on focus and reading books; MrBeast.
☀️ Guten Morgen Berlin! Funding money flows again?
Issue #70 (25 Sep) – eleven new rounds; Data jobs; packed Kleinanzeigen; marinating steaks and articles; BIO eggs not really BIO?; expensive weddings are not good for your marriage.
🌟 What's new in Berlin? And a 69 420(0) coincidence.
Issue #69 (18 Sep) – tech jobs; robberies in Berlin; built-in kitchens make no sense?; top employers in Berlin - BS or reality and most overrated restaurants.
Insight: what do hiring managers look at in CVs?
Supporter-only preview: What does really matter in your CV in Germany? (and probably the whole EU)
🥳 Backyard Party was great! Want to join the next one?
Issue #68 (11 Sep) – HR Jobs; changes to content and Görli + why people even sell drugs?; +15,576 foreigners; How good is your German?; use Slack effectively and write good stories.
🎪 Start your week inspired ...
Issue #67 (04 Sep) – we are 4000+ strong; business and strategy jobs; coffee with John; how to f*ck up an airport; rents in Berlin; what to do in September.
🗂️ Best of Handpicked in August 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
🎉 first joint party? and all the latest from last week!
Issue #66 (28 Aug) – Sales jobs; coffee with Mirela; PDF of 43 questions for your interview; FYRE ice-cream festival; seven opinions most people disagree with; how to stop smoking.
Preview: Can a dashboard bust the myth of a tech bias?
A short follow-up on the Dashboard that almost everyone missed.
🚨 A call for YOUR help to improve Handpicked + all the standard stuff 😊
Issue #65 (21 Aug) – Design jobs; work-life balance; bike tour tickets; voice of BVG; ICC Berlin; three best Döner places; cannabis a bad business? and a new addition to Snippets.
🚲 Exclusive bike tour and all the good stuff!
Issue #64 (14 Aug) – Marketing jobs; worst food in Berlin; Aeropress rocks; the 1% control 19%; WeWork dying?; avoiding phone screens will help your relationship and Net Promoter Score is b*llshit?
🤩 Woah! A new logo and a new name??!
Issue #63 (07 Aug) – top jobs; the best of July; ultimate Döner guide; superconductors as new VC hype?; 12 hidden treasures; stress relieving 25min meetings; FOMO Berlin and a Ljubljana fact.
🗂️ Best of handpicked in July 2023 and supporters only extra
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🎈What's new in Berlin? Calendar Week 30
Issue #62 (31 Jul) – 29 jobs and a treasure hunt; thinning ice, exploding scooters; engineering blogs; Politico on Germany; best bakeries in town and what to do in August.
🎬 Are videos the way forward?
Issue #61 (24 Jul) – 32 jobs in Tech & Dev and elsewhere; drinking fountains; heatwaves; financing slowdown; what makes a good manager; meetings at Shopify; angry young men and German humour.
😇 And, how does your salary compare?
Issue #60 (17 Jul) – Marketing & Comms; founding picks up again; cost of holiday; how to nail your interview; climate change; Getir cash burn and alcohol related death rates.
🚀 Finally Released! Berlin Salary Trends Report 2023
#berlinsalarytrends
🤫 Top Secret Preview for you only!
- preview of the report for supporters -
⛱️ How did you find out about this newsletter?
Issue #59 (10 Jul) – 20+ Sales jobs; ultra-processed food divide; Euro24 goal; send your name to Europa; cost of living index; the best map of stuff to do in Berlin; antifa and the most popular names.
🎙️ Can I interview you and publish it anonymously?
Issue #58 (03 Jul) – Design & UX/UI and other jobs; highest rent; lowest amount of cars; Catholic church in trouble; top 100 employers in Berlin; July events in Berlin and plenty more!
🗂️ Best of handpicked in June 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
🤩 One of the best snippets selection so far?
Issue #57 (26 Jun) – 31 jobs; Business & Strategy; 20 life hacks; Zuck vs Musk; the most liveable cities; 3.75M Berliners; buses go dark mode; four restaurant tips; Pakistan footer.