have you ever been to Spandau?

I’ve completed the first deep dive into Salary Trends data and had a look at 205 Product Managers. The most surprising was the salary gap reversal at more senior positions.

Here is a great guide with tips on How to apply for German Citizenship in Berlin by Adi. You will need a verified biometric photo: Nico wrote a short guide on where to get it. DM sounds like the best bet.

You still have until Wednesday to visit one of the 45+ ice-cream shops that participate in the Gelato week. You get a scoop for €1.50.

Bezirk Neukölln is going to forbid temporary and furnished letting of flats (the invention of some landlords to circumvent the rent cap) in Milieuschutzgebieten (protected areas). The idea of these areas is to preserve the social structure of residential neighbourhoods, which can also include limitations on the type of renovations. More.

This will sound funny to some, but have you ever considered a day trip to Spandau? Here are 12 tips on what to do there from Tip Berlin. In German and tempting.

We got a new Kanzler. His first round vote failure was everywhere, with a lot of schadenfreude, but the majority was much tighter several times before. There is still hope.

Career: Great time management techniques that really work from Lenny. I use several, but I need constant reminders on their importance.

Career: Another testament to the fact that numbers of applicants on LinkedIn mean nothing. If you like the job and you see yourself as a fitting candidate, apply anyway!

Career: The pros and cons of knowing your colleagues’ salaries. Impacts on productivity, a smaller gender gap, but also slower growth.

Timeless: 101 rules of effective living is a good one. Many resonated: “Do not complain”, “Pay people on time”, “Recheck your work—especially beginnings, endings, and the easy parts” and “Write nothing you would not want read aloud in public”

Bad news: CustomCells (Itzehoe, batteries) filed for insolvency, ProSiebenSat.1 -430.

Stats: Average Zalando customer annual spend was €296. (Q1 report).

Zattoo (Zurich/Berlin, TV streaming) acquired Green Streams.

The number of unemployed in Berlin in April increased to 217,508 (to 10.3% from 9.7% YoY).

Meta will soon train their AI on your public data. If you have missed the email sent to all the users, you can still opt out.

I find these BVG fines pretty cheap. €60 for graffiti, €50 for stealing a fire extinguisher, €15 for misuse of emergency call systems and €50 for holding up the door.

Revitalisation of Tacheles gone wrong? including an interesting comment thread.

Tesla’s sales in Germany fell by 46% in April. More sales data.

Sifted reports that Klarna is delaying the IPO until late 2025 and 1Komma5° until the next US election. 🧐 Related, Scalable Capital plans to be profitable in 2026 and is looking for an IPO in 4-6 years. (WiWo)

If you are into such things, vote on the hottest guy in Berlin. I voted for the manager of FC Union Berlin.

Reddit: People born in 1995 will be 30 this year. Also shows an example of bots posting and commenting on Reddit. It feels like we’re losing Reddit too.

Reddit: What do we not know about the human body?

Reddit: Beware of clicking too fast on buttons in Conny's emails.

Parloa | Berlin | AI for customer conversations | €106M | Careers.

Circula | Berlin | Employee expense management | €15M | Careers.

Duna | Berlin | B2B identity checks | €10.7M | Careers.

7Learnings | Berlin | Retail price forecasting | €10M (Series B) | Careers.

Quantum Systems | Gilching | Military drone technology | €160M (Series C) | Careers.

3D Spark | Hamburg | AI manufacturing optimization software | €2M (Seed) | Careers.

Mediform | Karlsruhe | AI medical phone assistant | €1.5M | No careers.

Daisytuner | Darmstadt | Code performance optimisation | €1.1M | Careers.