😇 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.
Programming note: The salary report was finally published; looking back, it was a lot of work in an extremely short time. But I am happy I pushed it. I hope it was helpful for you and that you tried to play with the dashboard? How did it make you feel? More in the poll.
Now a bit of a rest and then on to the next project: CVs and interviews. Another topic marinating since February.
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… to ensure that the email does not get cut off I only show the maximum possible amount of positions here. 23 more positions (Marketing & Comms plus several others) in handpicked online database.
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😎 Cool stuff:
I cannot believe you aren’t offering anything cool. It cannot be. 😇
🔍 Searching for roles:
Akmal is looking for a data scientist/machine learning role. He had a proven impact on optimising processes in sales and other automation efficiencies and has experience developing and implementing ML models with optimized A/B testing automation.
Christopher is seeking an operations job; he has eight years of experience in technical account management and business operations with a touch of project management.
Donal is an innovative online marketing expert with 15+ years of experience. He offers a proven track record of success leading top-performing and diverse marketing, online marketing and content teams and is looking for a new challenge!
Max is a product role seeker: a curious listener channelling data into valuable streams—a decade dedicated to growing business audiences.
Damien is looking for a Data/Business analyst role. He has experience in SQL, Excel, Power BI and Tablue and has designed and deployed multiple reports.
Akanksha is seeking a Junior Data Analyst/Marketing Analyst role. She has an MBA in Finance, years of experience working in Banks and International Consulting companies, am skilled in SAP, Excel, Tableau and SQL (BigQuery, PostgreSQL). She is learning R and Python and has B1 German, based here.
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🇩🇪 Berlin & Other good stuff
🧞♂️Startup creation in Germany (🇩🇪) has risen 16% in H1 2023, with nearly 1,300 new startups. Berlin saw a 40% surge in startups after a sharp drop last year, renewing its competitive status. Munich, despite a stagnant period, remains a leading hub per capita. The tourism sector showed a 111% growth, while blockchain and crypto experienced a 62% decline.
🎯 Trying to build a business? An amazing analogy from 2017 hits well: it’s like throwing darts, but you must pay for it. How many throws can you afford? Depends on how rich your parents are.
🙏 Are you currently interviewing? Read this extensive guide by Coach Erica (yeah, I know). It has plenty of great ideas to steal. My suggested approach of taking notes on your work achievements will make the prep easier. Also, don’t forget the questions to ask. Both articles are in the footer; you can use my questions to inspire the high-signal questions she suggests.
🚁 Let’s see how this goes: Aeronautical engineer Bianca Schuchardt predicts air taxis in Berlin within ten years. With technological progress, she expects the first air taxi companies to enter the market from 2030 onwards.
🏖️ Pondering your next vacation destination? An interesting visual by RBB:
Slovenia missing, but I recommend it. You get a 10% discount everywhere if you tell them you know me. Also vacation related: 21.9% of people living in Germany cannot afford to go on vacation for a week, 2% more than in 2021.
If you have some verifiable information on layoffs, please send them over, and I will add them:
😔 Bad news: CareerFoundry (40, 33%) - alumni list; Vanmoof (famous Dutch bikes) insolvent.
🥷 Move fast and break things gone bad: In 2022, Revolut fell victim to a bug-exploit attack in which organized criminal groups exploited a system flaw to steal over $20M. The money came from corporate funds, and customer accounts were not affected.
r/berlin choice of the week is what people like in Berlin. It’s my favourite city because there are so many options to do and try different things, and every Kiez has places to explore. I do not mind the weather at all. I’ve also found an answer to last week’s question about why it makes sense to see movies on 70mm: it’s big and loud—looking forward to it.
🪴 If you like to cook and want an amazing tip on how to make working with fresh herbs easier, here is a great freeze-them-and-then-crumble hack. I haven’t tried it yet, but it works.
🧯Heatwaves, floods, fires, you name it. And it will likely get worse and worse: A depressing thread with recent weather records on planet Earth. Meanwhile, 7th of July was the busiest day ever for commercial aviation.
🦜 This interview went viral in parts of German political Twitter: an SPD politician parroted the same answer for over three minutes. We have seen it before with Ed Milliband.
💬 Briefly:
What a burn! According to Handelsblatt, Getir is losing up to $100M monthly.
Mortgage lending in Germany dropped 50% YoY to €13.7bn in May 2023, hitting its lowest May since 2005.
Is the hype gone, or is the competition up? OpenAI's ChatGPT sees a dip in allure with web traffic down nearly 10% in June, according to Similarweb. I bet on competition.
Bertelsmann's Embrace acquires bootstrapped Studyflix, an educational video platform for students. Price undisclosed.
Bankrupt sleep-cube startup Sleeperoo finds new owners, Danish outdoor provider Tiny Hygge.
Evernote (owned by Bending Spoons) is relocating most of its operations to Europe.
Volkswagen's sales in China, its largest market, plummeted 14.5% in June due to price competition.
Good news: Bundeskartellamt wants to preserve the 50+1 rule in professional football, preventing total takeovers by investors. No further exceptions (TSG Hoffenheim, VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen) are planned.
💸 Recently funded in Berlin & Germany
Solaris | Berlin | Banking-as-a-Service platform offering financial services via APIs | €41.8M Series F | Careers.
nyonic (reInventAI) | Berlin | Gen AI foundation models | €20M Seed | No careers.
Vertama | Berlin | Moving paper stuff into digital format. | €1M Seed | No careers.
weflow | Berlin | Revenue monitoring platform | €3.2M Seed | Careers.
Re-Fresh Global | Berlin | Transforms discarded clothing/textiles into new raw materials | €1.1M Pre-Seed | Careers.
Q.Big 3D | Aalen | Large-format plastic pellet printers | €2M | Careers.
simpleclub | München | A learning app for students aiming to push digital professional education | €3M | Careers.
AwesomeQA | München | AI-driven customer support solution for Web3 | $2.8M | Careers.
Ivy | München | API for instant bank payments | €7M | Careers.
hepster | Rostock | API focused InsurTech | €10M | Careers.
vilisto | Hamburg | Development of intelligent heating solutions | €5M | Careers.
😅 Meanwhile
This is a footer fact 🍷 of alcohol death rates in Europe. I remember that in my student years, the first question if someone said, “I don’t drink,” was “Why?” and not “That’s great!”
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What source did you use for the CareerFoundry layoffs? I work for them as a freelancer, so am particularly interested in that one! Great list of tips!