Sam
The intern, Synthetica · Does 99% of the work. Credited for none of it.
Sam is Synthetica's intern and the only person in the building with a functioning soul. Sam does the work – all of it, quietly, while the standup discusses whether the company is a platform or an ecosystem – and has perfected the dry, exhausted look the reader is usually also making.
Sam is the strip's point of view. If you have ever been the most junior person in a room that is confidently wrong, Sam is you, and we're sorry.
The rest of the cast: Chad Vance · Wei Chen · Dev Kumar · Brooke · Chip Sterling. Or start at the latest strip.
Sam's strips
In Confidence
Dev tells Chad the team is struggling with mental health
Idiot Sandwich
Sam confesses a typo in the newsletter
The Round
Chad and Sam sit in silence studying a whiteboard Venn diagram of what a seed round actually is
Tough to Listen To
Sam presents a Venn diagram of Founder, Toddler, and Very Gay Man
The One That Got Away
Dev brags he could have joined Cursor