● Discords get you to the interview. Stringer gets you the offer.
First-person dispatches from current interns at the company you're applying to. What the recruiter won't tell you. What LinkedIn won't post. What no Discord has — because it's not interview prep. It's the rooms behind the offer.
Email only · One confirmation now, one note on launch day · 12 min/wk read · Cancel anytime · Never sold
Every coffee chat I've had with someone who's done one of these internships, the real version is wildly different from what's online. That gap is wide enough to drive a publication through.
Stringer pays current interns to write what their summer is actually like — week by week, with their name on it. Reader subscription funds the writers, so the content stays raw.
Stringer is a paid weekly publication.
Named writers. Edited dispatches.
Filed from inside the companies you're trying to work at.
Read it to decide where to apply.
Read it to win the offer.
Launching Tue · Jul 21 · 2026
Readers on the list are deciding between offers at —
Recruiting cohort‑1 writers now. Don't see your target? Tell us on signup — we move outreach based on demand.
Stringer holds the legal name + offer letter on file for every published writer. Public bylines drop with the first dispatch on July 21. Until then: tier and role only — so you know what coverage is coming.
Every Tuesday: a new dispatch from a current intern at a recognizable company, about what their summer is actually like. Named writers. Real bylines. Specifics you can't get on Glassdoor or LinkedIn. Behind a small paywall, because the writers get paid.
A new publication starting July 21, 2026. Paid, named, week-by-week journals from current interns at the company you're applying to. The intel that wins the offer — not the leetcode patterns that get you the interview.
Get on the reader listWe're recruiting the first 5–10 founding writers from current/recent interns at recognizable companies. Founding rate: 75% of subscription revenue your journals generate, permanent. No upfront stipend in cohort 1.
Apply to writeThree data points that explain why Stringer is the right product at the right time — and why the category is worth a real publication.
Glassdoor exit, 2018
Sold to Recruit Holdings on data Stringer is structurally positioned to do better — paid, named, edited, raw.
Intern postings drop, 2023→25
Per Handshake. Tech postings dropped 30%+ in the same window. Applications are surging into a thinner market.
Substack valuation, 2025
Reached on named, paid writers. Stringer applies the same payment mechanics to a vertical Substack doesn't own.
Reader subscriptions will fund the writers — no employer ad money. Below is the planned pricing for July 21, 2026. Get on the waitlist and you'll be the first invited when subscriptions open.
3 journal reads per month. Weekly email digest.
Or $79 billed annually. All journals, every Tuesday, unlimited reads.
For the season you're actually applying. Launches Y1 H2.
Keep scrolling — questions move horizontally. If yours isn't here, email max@joinstringer.com.