📈 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
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🤗 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
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❓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
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😳 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
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🤩 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
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💡 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
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