🗂️ Best of handpicked in July 2023 and supporters only extra
The best snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
🎈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.
✂️ Tailored selection of the week just for you!
Issue #56 (19 Jun) – Data, Analytics & Finance jobs; louse-piss sliders; blow up your life; r/berlin votes to end it; Kreuzberged and facts about 'OK'.
👍🏼 Your feedback matters: themed job selection is here!
Issue #55 (12 Jun) – Tech & Dev jobs; Salary Trends Survey needs your help; kidnapped cars; micro-mobility bans; google for buying books; flags and colour red.
🗂️ handpicked April and May 2023 snippets and supporters only extra
All the snippets & funding news that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
💡 How should I improve the job selection?
Issue #54 (05 Jun) – Berlin Salary Trends survey; German and Russian IT needs; noise cameras coming to Berlin?; the best June events; and why you should work in silence?
🚀 😎 Participate in Berlin Salary Trends anonymous survey! Three minutes max.
You said "let's do it" and we are doing it! Benchmark your salary to others and see your market worth.
🚀 Amazon, Spotify, Theromondo and plenty of other links!
Issue #53 (29 May) – 30 jobs; 3000+ subs and supporter tier pitch; Flink in trouble?; earnings of Pfandpiraten and on how to get laid-off properly.
✌️ What have you missed in the last year?
As handpicked turns one here is what I found in the archives for you...
🤙🏻 Berlin last week and much more...
Issue #52 (22 May) – 26 jobs; poster shops in Berlin; is blitzscaling illegal?; directory for flats; News minimalist; a flight to Red Square.
😎 36 pretty damn cool jobs and 40+ questions for your next interview!
Issue #51 (15 May) – jobs are back; 40+ questions for your interview; Sifted Sessions; Adidas stuck with sneakers; seaflooding and Berlin ferries.
Collection of 40+ questions to ask at a job interview
Special supporter-only preview of the article.
🎉 Wow, this is the fiftieth edition of handpicked!
Issue #50 (08 May) – a short holiday edition with good stuff! Jobs return next week.
🤑 Are you compensated fairly for the job you do?
Issue #49 (01 May) – jobs missing due to holiday; BVG lost and found; prompting ChatGPT; eBay Kleinanzeigen rebrand and bloated MVPs.
🎉 *New* handpicked Kleinanzeigen plus Tesla, banks and energy cos wanting to hire you
Issue #48 (24 Apr) – 24 jobs; 9 community ads; 5 readers on the hunt; Berlin's million singles; flight controller salaries; BVG ticket trivia; apartment rent charts.
... and what do you search for? A specific role? Let us know!
Issue #47 (17 Apr) – 23 jobs; first meetup photo; introducing Kleinanzeigen; tips from a real estate agent; how to spend a couple of EUR to save hundreds in your bathroom?
🗂️ handpicked March 2023 snippets and supporters only extra
All the snippets that landed in your inbox last month with an extra few.
👋 Hi there, why do you read handpicked?
I'd like your feedback and inform you about why is it sometimes Eastern.
🚀 27 carefully selected jobs and great links
Issue #46 (03 Apr) – a wet March; dangers of German arrogance; what's up in April and trips around Berlin; advantages of small teams.
Write it down now! Or why you should journal at work?
Benefits of journaling at work, or: How to ensure that you can nail the interviews, improve your performance reviews and self-reflect better?
🤖 Do you read the mission statement of a company?
Issue #45 (27 Mar) – handpicked not on a strike, startup employment report, Pay transparency directive, real-estate prices falling, dangers of ESOPs and an reorganised snippets.
🤏🏼 Handpicked thirteen for supporters
Post #0 (22 Mar) - test of a new format for supporters.
🙌🏻 The best links and jobs for your inspiration!
Issue #44 (20 Mar) – where does Berlin hate come from; Berlin events weekly; climate neutrality vote; police helicopter tried to be funny; is RTO coming here too?
⤵️ These great companies are still hiring...
Issue #43 (13 Mar) – meet-up? meet-up!, what do bus lines numbers mean, battlefield of (Tempelhof) housing and A-Z of economics.
🤙🏻 Tesla, VW and Johnson Controls all want YOU!
Issue #42 (06 Mar) – 2000+ readers, the best of Berlin, a new section for supporters, Klarna & Revolut report different numbers and is HelloFresh any good?
🗂️ handpicked February 2023 snippets
All the snippets that landed in your inbox last month
💸 Shall we do a salary survey for Berlin 2023?
Issue #41 (27 Feb) – first article for supporters, the art of Cacio e Pepe, Steve Jobs on failure and an insider report from Google.
🤓 Timeless and useful: 2022 in review
Supporter bonus: all the links from "timeless and useful" section published in 2022.
🚨 Would you recommend YOUR TEAM to someone?
Issue #40 (20 Feb) – the best air ever, inflation calculator, Jerks and a curious map.
😇 The good stuff and no election related news? You got it!
Issue #39 (13 Feb) – introducing supporter tier, plenty of funding rounds, 100 tips for better life and where to drink beer in Berlin.
handpicked is going paid but staying free
If you read the title and wanted to call the Common Sense police, please don’t!
😎 The usual... 1000th Berlin's essential job and news.
Issue #38 (06 Feb) – plus beer prices, Berghain love story, Kim's conversion rates and more.
🤔 Do cover letters matter? Plus jobs and news.
Issue #37 (30 Jan) – Munich lands a lot of VC monies, would you freeze yourself?, BS around Pepsi logo & children mortality.
🤔 Are you planning to change your job in the next 12 months?
Issue #36 (23 Jan) – jobs & news, all cops are beautiful, consumer aesthetics and other amazing links from last week.
✍🏼 What is the length of your CV?
Issue #35 (16 Jan) – plus 20 jobs, unit economics of Gorillas, sanitary inspections and Last generation vs. car drivers.
Merantix, Scalable Capital and On are looking for you!
Issue #34 (09 Jan) – how much top earners make in Germany, what is cost of living in Berlin and a lot of trivia about a swamp that Berlin once was.
yeah, I made it until the end of 2022! What's next?
A new website, Patreon support and much more!
Shorter flu edition
Issue #33 (19 Dec) – with a bonus of best spas of Berlin, greatest movies of all times and quesadillas.
Netflix, Vanilla Steel and 20 others want to hire you!
Issue #32 (12 Dec) – bars with unusual activities, typical Berlin dishes, Gorillas finally sold & how to buy great presents.
Siemens, Celonis and a major puzzle need your help.
Issue #31 (05 Dec) – a dry funding week for Berlin, Musk meme, flour got really expensive & people are dangerous to people.
Grammarly, JPMorgan and 17 others want you!
Issue #30 (28 Nov) – documentation vs meetings, Klarna returns and a WC meme.
Top 20 jobs of the last week and more...
Issue #29 (21 Nov) – 2 special jobs from Grammarly, new Shoutout section and top unicorns in Germany.