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Investing 101
Fri, Jul 10, 4:00 PMJoin us for the second meeting of Investing Fundamentals Berlin, a new free community focused on real-world finance, investing, business analysis, and personal finance. This session will be informal and beginner-friendly. We’ll introduce the group, discuss what people want to learn, and cover a simple question: **How do investors think about companies?** We’ll talk about the difference between analyzing a company as a customer, an employee, a public market investor, and a private equity investor. We may touch on business models, margins, growth, risk, debt, valuation, and what makes a company attractive or unattractive as an investment. No finance background is required. ALL AGES, students, professionals, founders, investors, and curious beginners are all welcome.

Quality Engineering meetup
Thu, Jul 16, 4:00 PM*Join us for a Meetup on Quality Engineering at Deutsche Bank Berlin Technology Centre!* *We’re bringing you three deep-dive talks: all designed to challenge the way you think about quality, testing, and collaboration.* *As always, expect great conversations, snacks, and drinks. See you there!* **AGENDA** **1\. Olga Bokova @ Deutsche Bank: *Testing the Nanoseconds: A Decade of High-Frequency Trading QA Evolution*** High-frequency trading systems operate at the edge of technology, where latency is measured in nanoseconds and every delay can translate directly into financial impact. In this environment, traditional QA approaches quickly break down, e.g. functional correctness alone is no longer enough. In this talk, Olga will share a real-world journey of how QA evolved over the past decade within high-performance trading systems. We’ll explore the challenges of testing ultra-low latency platforms, handling massive market data streams, and ensuring deterministic behaviour in highly distributed environments. Olga will walk us through how fragmented testing approaches led to inefficiency, duplication, and scalability issues, and how they transitioned toward a unified, domain-level testing framework built around simulation and controlled environments. You’ll learn how treating testing infrastructure as an engineering product helped us reduce complexity, increase reliability, and enable performance testing at realistic market scale. Along the way, Olga will share practical lessons, trade-offs, and what they chose to abandon (not just what we built). **2\. Neha\-B Yadav @ Deutsche Bank: *Secure AI, Smarter Testing: How QA Teams Can Shift Left Efficiently*** Now as ever, staying effective and efficient requires more than just strong testing fundamentals, but also intelligent orchestration of tools, data, and automation. Neha will focus in this talk on three key dimensions: how to stay effective with the help of AI-driven test workflows, how to remain relevant with modern engineering practices and enterprise tooling, and how to continuously upskill in an ecosystem of automation, AI agents, and integrated test platforms. Neha will share her approach with shifting testing left, proactive defect prevention, early test design, and proper continuous integration. The session will highlight techniques such as test-driven development, early collaboration between QA and engineering, and integrating validation into CI/CD pipelines to reduce downstream risks. **3\. Vitaly Sharovatov @ Qase: Leading Cost Cutting Initiatives by Improving Quality** More and more companies are cutting costs and doing layoffs, and QA is often among the first to be cut. Yet it is precisely QA folks who can help cut costs while improving quality. In this talk, Vitaly suggests ways we all can lead cost cutting discussions to make things right and either reduce or prevent layoffs. Partner with Customer Support to identify which escaped defects cost the most in ticket handling and escalations. Partner with Sales to identify which bugs put renewals and expansions at risk. Add Finance for SLA credits and refunds, and Engineering for incident response and hotfix effort. Add it all up, and you get external failure costs. After that, quantify internal failure costs like rework, retesting, queues, and waste. We will turn these numbers into a cost cutting proposal that managers understand: reduce the priciest external failure costs first, then reduce internal failure costs, by improving the way we build quality in. You will leave with a simple template for collecting the numbers with other departments, doing the calculations, and proposing specific process changes. Let's be the people who cut failure costs, not the people who get cut!

Cashflow Spiel am Aktienstammtisch: Raus aus dem Hamsterrad & rein ins Leben
Wed, Jul 22, 4:30 PMLiebe Meetup-Community, schön, dass du hier bist. Suchst du gerade nach einem neuen Funken für dein Leben? Pass auf: Diese Veranstaltung wird dich vielleicht nicht nur unterhalten und inspirieren – sie könnte deine Sicht auf die Dinge (und damit dein Leben) grundlegend verändern. Wenn du bereit bist, lies weiter. **Findest du dich in einer der folgenden Situationen wieder?** * **Frust trotz Erfolg:** Du (und vielleicht dein Partner) hast eigentlich alles „richtig“ gemacht – Studium, Karriere, gutes Gehalt. Aber durch die Inflation und steigende Kosten fühlt es sich nicht mehr selbstverständlich an, eine hohe Lebensqualität zu führen (beim Einkaufen, beim Urlaub buchen oder beim Eigenheimkauf). Hinzu kommen Bedenken über die Altersvorsorge aufgrund des aktuellen Rentensystems. * **Was nun nach den ersten Schritten?** Du hast dich schon an Aktien, ETFs, Krypto, Immobilien usw. herangetraut, aber der Weg zu deinem Traumleben sieht noch unendlich weit oder ungreifbar aus. * **„Selbst“ und „ständig“:** Du hast den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit gewagt, fühlst dich aber gestresst – sei es wegen der Finanzen, dem Zeitmangel für dich und deine Familie oder beidem. **Stell dir vor, du gehst nach diesem Abend so nach Hause:** * **Antrieb:** Du erkennst, dass dein eigentlicher Traum, den du vor Jahren in die Ecke geschoben hast, doch möglich ist. * **Klarheit:** Du weißt jetzt, was dein nächster Schritt ist – und du hast richtig Lust, ihn zu gehen! * **Freude:** Du stehst am nächsten Tag nicht mehr aus Pflichtgefühl auf, sondern aus echter Freude. **Was wir machen:** Wir treffen uns in lockerer Runde und spielen das **[Cashflow-Spiel von Robert Kiyosaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashflow_101)**. Keine Theorie, sondern Spiel bzw. Simulation pur. Wir probieren auf dem Brett Sachen aus, die man im echten Leben vielleicht gar nicht sieht oder sich nicht traut – und lernen dabei extrem viel über unser eigenes Geldverhalten. Wir lachen viel, tauschen uns ehrlich aus und kommen als Gruppe weiter. **Der Plan:** * **18:30 Uhr:** Ankommen, Drink schnappen, kurz quatschen. * **19:00 Uhr:** Spielstart (ca. 90 Min.). * **Danach:** Offene Runde. Wir reden Tacheles – über Aktien, Krypto, Immobilien und deine persönlichen Erfahrungen. Steig ein – spielerisch, ehrlich und vielleicht ist das hier der Startschuss für dein neues Leben. Beste Grüße und bis dann, Shuying ========================================== **Wer wir sind:** Wir sind eine vielfältige Gruppe von Menschen, die entdeckt haben, dass strategisches Aktienhandeln für jeden zugänglich ist. Unser Ziel ist es, unsere gemeinsame Erfahrung zu teilen und Anfänger im Aktienhandel zu inspirieren, sich sinnvoll und emotionsfrei zu investieren. Wir glauben fest an das Konzept des gegenseitigen Lernens – indem wir dir helfen, lernen auch wir von dir, und schaffen so eine Win-Win-Situation für alle. **Was wir glauben:** * Erfolgreiches Aktienhandeln ist keine exklusive Domäne für Finanzexperten. * Das Verstehen von Aktien und das Treffen informierter Anlageentscheidungen ist für jeden erreichbar. * Du benötigst keinen Abschluss in Betriebswirtschaft, um die Prinzipien der Wertanlage zu verstehen. * Technische Aktienanalyse ist nicht nur für Finanzprofis gedacht; es ist eine Fähigkeit, die du erlernen kannst. **Über die Gründerin dieser Meetup Gruppe:** Shuying hat Mitte 2023 selbst ihren Weg zur Anlegerin gefunden – von der Frustration und Überforderung zur begeisterten Aktieninvestorin, nachdem sie die Grundlagen der Chartanalyse gelernt hatte. Inspiriert durch diese Erfahrung gründete sie diese Meetup-Gruppe, um andere auf ihrem Weg zu mehr Selbstvertrauen, Klarheit und finanzieller Freiheit zu unterstützen.

Break Dance (Dance Class)
Thu, Jul 16, 3:30 PM**Discover the Art of break dance, improve Your skills and share Your passion.** This beginner-friendly, open-level class is designed for Everyone. The teacher guides each participant individually, creating a supportive environment where You can progress at Your own pace. **Set in our underground art house, the class offers a unique and inspiring atmosphere with an authentic vibe.** Each session introduces new movements, helps You refine technique &encourages You to build confidence through practice. > More than just a class, it is a safe space—free of competition and focused on genuine connection. Caribace brings over 17 years of experience and dedication to breaking: “Dance and creativity define my life, and I look forward to creating a welcoming atmosphere where we can all grow together. I’m passionate about sharing my knowledge and welcome everyone to join my classes, regardless of age.” **TICKETS:** available: Online / in cash at the Box Office before the class **LEVEL:** All levels **WHAT YOU NEED:** Shoes to dance in, comfy clothes **...for more info check out www.dna-artclub.com / follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/nightart.club/** **See You soon :)** **Love.** **DNA.** **__________________** \*This Workshop is free for Members of Dair Night Art e.V. and Subscribers of DNA. Art GbR ... more Info to Membership here: https://www.dna-artclub.com/membership \*\*By entering the DNA. HOUSE / DNA. CLUB, You agree to comply with the Hausordnung of Dair Night Art e.V. and Geschäftsordnung of Dair Night Art e.V. Please ensure You review these documents thoroughly in advance.

Quality Engineering meetup #13
Thu, Jul 16, 4:00 PM**PLEASE NOTE THE ADDRESS CHANGE! We're now at DEUTSCHE BANK BERLIN!** *In collaboration with* *Deutsche Bank*, *[Qase](https://qase.io) is presenting the **thirteenth** Meetup on Quality Engineering in Berlin.* *We’re bringing you three deep-dive talks: all designed to challenge the way you think about quality, testing, and collaboration.* *As always, expect great conversations, snacks, and drinks. See you there!* **AGENDA** **1\. Olga Bokova @ Deutsche Bank:** ***Testing the Nanoseconds: A Decade of High-Frequency Trading QA Evolution*** High-frequency trading systems operate at the edge of technology, where latency is measured in nanoseconds and every delay can translate directly into financial impact. In this environment, traditional QA approaches quickly break down, e.g. functional correctness alone is no longer enough. In this talk, Olga will share a real-world journey of how QA evolved over the past decade within high-performance trading systems. We’ll explore the challenges of testing ultra-low latency platforms, handling massive market data streams, and ensuring deterministic behaviour in highly distributed environments. Olga will walk us through how fragmented testing approaches led to inefficiency, duplication, and scalability issues, and how they transitioned toward a unified, domain-level testing framework built around simulation and controlled environments. You’ll learn how treating testing infrastructure as an engineering product helped us reduce complexity, increase reliability, and enable performance testing at realistic market scale. Along the way, Olga will share practical lessons, trade-offs, and what they chose to abandon (not just what we built). **2\. Neha\-B Yadav @ Deutsche Bank: *Secure AI, Smarter Testing: How QA Teams Can Shift Left Efficiently*** Now as ever, staying effective and efficient requires more than just strong testing fundamentals, but also intelligent orchestration of tools, data, and automation. Neha will focus in this talk on three key dimensions: how to stay effective with the help of AI-driven test workflows, how to remain relevant with modern engineering practices and enterprise tooling, and how to continuously upskill in an ecosystem of automation, AI agents, and integrated test platforms. Neha will share her approach with shifting testing left, proactive defect prevention, early test design, and proper continuous integration. The session will highlight techniques such as test-driven development, early collaboration between QA and engineering, and integrating validation into CI/CD pipelines to reduce downstream risks. **3\. Vitaly Sharovatov @ Qase: Leading Cost\-Cutting Initiatives by Improving Quality** More and more companies are cutting costs and doing layoffs, and QA is often among the first to be cut. Yet it is precisely QA folks who can help cut costs while improving quality. In this talk, Vitaly suggests ways we all can lead cost cutting discussions to make things right and either reduce or prevent layoffs. Partner with Customer Support to identify which escaped defects cost the most in ticket handling and escalations. Partner with Sales to identify which bugs put renewals and expansions at risk. Add Finance for SLA credits and refunds, and Engineering for incident response and hotfix effort. Add it all up, and you get external failure costs. After that, quantify internal failure costs like rework, retesting, queues, and waste. We will turn these numbers into a cost cutting proposal that managers understand: reduce the priciest external failure costs first, then reduce internal failure costs, by improving the way we build quality in. You will leave with a simple template for collecting the numbers with other departments, doing the calculations, and proposing specific process changes. Let's be the people who cut failure costs, not the people who get cut!

Meet up francophone MITTE
Thu, Jul 16, 5:30 PMBienvenue :) Rejoignez-nous si vous parlez français couramment et aimez rencontrer des gens francophones pour bavarder. A bientôt!
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