International Students Are Good for Germany
Gender pay gaps aren't improving, nor is racism and discrimination. 15 funded German startups. International students are a boon to Germany's economy. Cool things to do in Hamburg.
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Personal News & Musings
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Ooops, I’m a day late sending this out but showing up all the same.
There's not much to share this week besides a tip for a good brunch place I tried yesterday: Die Stulle in Charlottenburg. I also watched Adolescence on Netflix and Anora on Prime. The former was timely and powerful. The latter? I don’t get why it got all the Oscar hype. 🤷
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Community News
🤝 News from our community.
Our last poll asked: What do you think of Germany lifting the debt brake? At 76%, most respondents feel it’s the right decision. However, 16% are unsure, and 8% don’t support it at all.
Satisfy my curiosity! For those that don’t support changing the debt brake, what arguments do you have against it, and how would you propose Germany pay for badly needed infrastructure upgrades, military expansion, meeting climate goals, reducing bureaucracy, etc? Let’s discuss. 🗣️
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Recent podcast episodes: Again, there was no new episode this week. My cold still lingers, and I haven’t had much energy or a voice. A new episode is coming soon - all about German workplace culture and pushing past those outdated stereotypes that are repeated ad nauseam.
👉 In the meantime, listen to past episodes.
This week’s featured Germany Life guides: How to Watch English Movies in Berlin and A Roundup Of Professional Career Coaches In Germany.
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ICYMI: Last week’s edition - Berlin Has a High Quality of Life. 👉 Browse our archives for a treasure trove of helpful information.
Our events: Our next community mixer is on April 16, where everyone is welcome to come hang out at the Muted Horn.
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Food For Thought
💡 Articles about tech, the world of work, & other random things.
The World of Work
A recent study by Indeed confirms that the gender pay gap pervades, and the gap only widens for working mothers and women of color. Also, these jobs have the most significant disparities.
Don’t do this one thing if you want to avoid annoying your colleagues.
Mathis Garcia says he used this CV template to find a job.
How to channel your anger at work into wisdom.
All Things Tech
Boston Dynamics continues its ongoing quest to bring The Terminator to life.
Self-proclaimed Caesar or nothing, Zuckerberg predicts the end of smartphones in the next ten years.
Apple streaming services are losing $1 B annually. At least we have Severance!
Some scientists think we’ll achieve the singularity in the next 12 months.
Random
Barcelona is doling out a hard no to short-term housing companies like Airbnb, as they are slowly implementing an all-out ban.
When your most attractive qualities can also give your partner allll the ick.
Companies Hiring Right Now
🇩🇪 Companies in Germany that are hiring right now.
Mnemonic - Berlin & remote | Jobs (2 openings)
OneFootball - Berlin & remote | Jobs (22 openings)
Sauce Labs - Berlin | Jobs (2 openings)
Tibber - Berlin | Jobs (3 openings)
wetter.com - Berlin & Munich | Jobs (2 openings)
It's not the pun you may think it is. 😂
Recently Funded Startups
🇩🇪 German startups that recently raised new funding may also have vacancies.
BioCopy - €8 M | Frankfurt | Jobs
Buynomics - $30 M | Cologne | Jobs
C1 Green Chemicals - €20 M | Berlin | Jobs
Cortea - €3.1 | Berlin | Jobs
Doinstruct - €16.5 M | Berlin| Jobs
Flexvelop - €4 M | Hamburg | Jobs
Idana - Undisclosed | Freiburg | Jobs
Kaiko Systems - €6 M - Berlin | Jobs
NAO - €1 M | Berlin | Jobs
people.ix - €2.3 M | Cologne | Jobs
Pulsetrain - €6.1 M | Munich | Jobs
Spot My Energy - €50 M | Cologne | Jobs
Tado - €30 M | Munich | Jobs
Theion - €15 M | Berlin | Jobs
Yepoda - Undisclosed | Berlin | Jobs
News in Germany
🗞️ All of the news in Germany.
General News
Berlin’s iconic Gendarmenmarkt has been renovated, but where are all the trees?
Countries like Finland and Iceland continue to rank highest for happiness, with Germany not even cracking the top 20.
Skoda recently unveiled the world’s longest tram, at 58.7 meters.
Politics & Economy
Germany has issued a travel warning while pretending to say they didn’t issue a travel warning, telling Germans to be wary of travel the US. As of this morning, we’re now up to at least four Germans (that we know about) being illegally detained and deported.
Eggs are expensive in the US, and now they’re begging everyone they’ve threatened and shit on in recent months. Note: As a Canadian, I’m allowed to be angry due to their imperialist ambitions.
Far-right rhetoric would have you believe there is no free speech in Germany - get your facts straight.
More than half of people from an ethnic or religious minority background have reported regularly experiencing racism and discrimination in Germany.
To meet future demand, Germany must build 320,000 new apartments annually until 2030. Meanwhile, the average rental cost of a WG in Berlin is €650 monthly.
The Berlin government wants to make it more difficult to evict tenants falsely claiming Eigenbedarf (the ability to stop renting a property for personal use—i.e., the landlord wants to move into the apartment themselves).
International students studying in Germany are an incredible economic boost.
Germany’s plans to ease the debt brake passed the final hurdle on Friday. Let’s see if the new government can execute its plans effectively. 🤔
In news reaffirming Germany's need to invest in infrastructure ASAP, cracks were found in Berlin’s Ringbahn bridge, which will now be closed for two years.
Deutsche Bank plans to reduce staff by at least 2,000 people in 2025. Audi will do the same, slashing 7,000 jobs by 2029.
Fun, Interesting, and/or Useful
The Berliner put out a guide on the best indoor food markets in the city.
Forget traveling to the Netherlands - this is where you can find tulip fields in Germany.
Learn more about a staple German food, the Bratwurst.
Cool things to do in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel.
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