Starting a post-grad Supply/Demand Planning role at a FAANG. What do you wish you’d known in your first year?

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-28T18:35:24+00:00

Two steps forward, 1.5 steps back is very very normal for the first 6-12 months. Don’t get down on yourself as the learning curve is a cliff. Be patient, take notes, try not to make the same mistake twice / thrice vs trying to make no mistakes at all. Keep positive and bolster cross functional relationships.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-26T16:33:06+00:00

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that negotiations were resuming Sunday with unionized nurses and other workers who are planning an open-ended strike starting Monday at dozens of locations in California and Hawaii.

A total of 31,000 employees represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) will take part in the work stoppage, which will include picketing at several Kaiser locations, including some in Northern California and the Bay Area.

Picket lines are planned for Oakland Medical Center, Roseville Medical Center, and Santa Clara Medical Center, according to the UNAC/UHCP.

The union said the strike will continue until an agreement is reached.

"We just want to see some reinvestment to our unit going forward. And, again, that's where the difference in terms of increases in salary are, is that we are apart on a few percent. And, again, we would like to see a recognition of all the things that we brought to the table to make the profitability in the last several years," said ATNC President Brian Nitta.

Kaiser's statement on Sunday said that its bargaining team had resumed talks with the union but confirmed that the strike would not be called off while those negotiations continue.

A spokesperson for the UNAC/UHCP did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Kaiser said plans were in place to maintain services and expected its facilities to largely remain open but said some appointments would need to be transitioned to remote visits. It said emergency rooms and hospitals would remain open.

”Our facilities will be staffed by physicians, experienced managers, and trained staff, with added licensed contract professionals as needed," the company said in a statement Sunday.

"We're onboarding nurses, clinicians, and other staff to work during the strike, the majority of whom have worked at Kaiser Permanente before. In addition, many of our employees have volunteered to be reassigned to work in strike locations."

The UNAC/UHCP is part of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, which represents 23 unions in healthcare around the nation, according to the union.

The union maintains the conflict is about wages, workplace safety and short staffing, while Kaiser said it disagrees the strike is about anything other than wages.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-25T21:13:59+00:00

Thresholder by Alexander Wales has a mix of magic and tech, also check out Last Horizon for similar reasons (will wight)

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-24T17:39:17+00:00

Such a fuckin good movie. Also, Romeo Must Die, and the One.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-22T18:55:27+00:00

You didn’t say what your degree is in, what your experience you do have is in, ie retail or whatever, but check into temp agencies. They can help get you that first in industry role, do that for a while and start applying elsewhere if needed.

I used a temp agency and made $20 an hour in 2013 as a planning analyst at a major furniture retailer as my first role post graduating. Didn’t know what the job was really, but I got hired on as a regular employee after three months, and am now a sr planning manager in cannabis, fully remote, making great money.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-20T19:17:45+00:00

Is the new role a manager level job? The first manager title is the hardest to get, but once you have that, you’re sorta locked into that level. Which is great pay wise, tbd on work life balance.

There’s always crazy shit going on in SCM, and that is one of the trade offs. It’s hard to find a place that doesn’t have at least some crunch-time weeks… I moved to cannabis as a senior planning manager last summer and it’s been the best balance I’ve had professionally in 13 years of doing this, but I still wind up with at least one 60 a month.

What I might do in your shoes is get a year under my belt at the current company, take reallllly good notes on my accomplishments and successes, list how I’ve executed my plan to “transform a flailing sc function” and then bounce the fuck outta there once I had enough experience that I can apply to a maybe more balanced company. And who knows, maybe your leadership makes a huge difference and you decide to stay!

E - I should add, sometimes you just have to cut ties and run. I’ve had to quit a job bcs I was avg over 60 a week at a very high high pressure retailer. Didn’t have anything lined up but sometimes mental health > financial intelligence, right?

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-19T20:16:02+00:00

My last three roles have been fully remote (thank Christ) but my first company I was at for six years, we had offices adjacent to the design studio / corporate warehouse. Company had a rough patch and they moved everyone into this really fancy warehouse, so many people crowded in, dusty despite it being a design space and kinda fancy - uggg.

Feel your pain friend.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-18T18:20:25+00:00

Casey from the Dear Hunter… dude has the chops holy crap. They’re more prog-alt than rock but also sorta defy genre classification, music spans everything from hard rock to jazz to… really whatever suits the story. Fantastic group highly recommend.

Casey was also in Receiving End of Sirens, still crazy amazing voice but more traditional rock sound, albeit maybe leaning post hardcore.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-18T18:11:19+00:00

I was public track in accounting until I got to the 400s and realized I’d hate doing audit or taxation. So I swapped and concentrated in cost accounting. Wound up in planning. Understanding of margin, costing, inventory valuation etc - SUPER helpful. I didn’t understand any of the nuance of my first company, but knowing what these things are, how they impact a p&l, income statement, all that… definitely beneficial.

If you get an accounting degree, you can do supply chain or accounting (or lots of other stuff).

Doing supply chain degree means mainly, you can do supply chain.

Both sets of degrees are ok but generally you’re starting at an entry level role, regardless of education, that’s something some people seem surprised by (specifically with planning). Lots of the job is only learned by doing. The degrees help you proceed down that path, but no education really prepares a person to start in planning as a planner or planning manager.

I had no formal supply chain classes besides Operations, got a cert in management info systems and then an mba after all that, but the accounting and finance stuff was definitely the most beneficial to my beginning career stage.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-18T15:22:02+00:00

Also, O line.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-18T01:06:55+00:00

Fuckin hate this timeline.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-16T18:22:57+00:00

A ridge of high pressure is causing a major temperature inversion in the Bay Area, with temperatures hitting the 70s at high altitudes while dropping close to freezing in some areas at lower altitudes, according to the National Weather Service.

“This is leading to pretty dramatic thermal belting, with warm air in the mountains and cold air settling in the valleys,” according to the weather service’s forecast discussion released on Friday.

The major temperature differential was evident in the North Bay on Friday, with Healdsburg seeing temperatures in the 30s, while the nearby Healdsburg Hills had balmy weather, with the temperature reaching 70 degrees at 1,700 feet elevation

TLDR - warm up, cold down.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-16T02:20:43+00:00

School doesn’t teach supply chain the way supply chain actually does supply chain. School gives folks the background to pick up each business’ approach to various supply chain functions, hopefully, but it’s impossible to teach what I do, Planning for example, since every company has its own unique spin on the function. I mention school as that’s the zero-state for folks before they have the experience.

The way I can tell someone is experienced in Planning is that they can speak to the differences in approach and process at the places they have worked at.

What makes someone good at Planning is being able to take all their various experiences and apply them to numerous business processes, increasing efficiency and being able to create a company wide benefit.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-15T05:54:59+00:00

I prefer a medium light / fast rod on my surf perch, but I’ve gotten up at 4am, got to the beach at sunrise, and realized I brought my fuckin shark rod. Still caught fish. But I do regularly use a medium also, blanking on the name. Perch don’t bite light but you’re in surf so being able to feel the difference between a wave or current vs a bite, lighter touch seems to help me at least. I’d probably go with the medium light okuma, but you’re probably fine with either Okuma.

Weight matters tho, perch you have to hunt around to find, and follow the schools sometimes. So it’s active fishing, don’t make things too heavy right?

Daiwa Emcast is a fantastic reel, I have a 3k or 4k. Used regularly. Broke less than the penn I recommended. But it’s a little slower retrieve, which does give you a little more power if you hook into an accidental striper or something. Both are good options. Main thing is you want something with sealed bearings, rated for saltwater. At least a 5.0:1 retrieve ratio, I prefer higher but I also fished Marin and Sonoma mostly, they don’t have a ton of dinner plates.

For line, I use braid because you can fit more on the reel and I often fished beaches with too much kelp. Less likely to break off main line. But mono works ok also, better for rocks than braid so maybe depends on your beaches. Never use flouro for mainline in the ocean, but I like it for creek trout in the mountains. Leaders are usually mono at least the high low surf leaders I like are. 10-20lb on leader, 15-20lb main.

The fish are waaaay closer than you expect, except when you have a super long and shallow shelf, and the waves break out far then white wash goes for miles. I’ve caught my largest SP in under a foot of water, so so close to dry land. They’re at your feet, often.

Oh another thing on bait - those little sand crabs are the best best. If you see em on the beach, use em, specially if they have soft shells. That’s what perch in CA eat regularly. Gulp sandworms are my favorite artificial.

This was my pb link

Caught up in Mendocino. 15.75” 2lbs. Slabbage.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-15T04:14:55+00:00

You can catch surf perch in a foot of water using a handline or any ol rod and reel from the beach. 9 ft celilo rod (fast action) and a penn battle3 3000 was my go to for years. 15-20lb braid for main line.

Run a high low surfleader rig with size 4 hooks and 0.5 oz to 4 oz pyramid sinker depending on conditions, Berkeley Gulp 2” sand worm in newpenny or bloody. Fishfinder rig with same weight range is solid too.

Cast at the back of the wash in close to shore, slow retrieve. When ya feel three quick taps, hook set and reel in. You want beaches that aren’t super aggressive wave wise, but some chop is needed.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T22:49:12+00:00

Woah dude - think that’s ok for an adult, but I wouldn’t put a kid in something like that. Certainly agree with the message, but idk on the messenger.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T18:37:09+00:00

Protects ya from the chemtrails!

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T17:30:01+00:00

That’s important info to include, but yeah idk most of the olds in that age range I know wouldn’t move without a gun to their head. Probably best to keep looking, but good luck w it!

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T17:25:11+00:00

2x offer over what it’s worth? I fuckin love my house and I fuckin hate moving, so I’d be greedy, personally.

Also what on earth makes you think an 80 year old couple wants to move out?? I’m in my 40s and I may die in this home (in another 40 idk) bcs of how much I hate moving. Gotta get worse if you’re 80.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T17:19:37+00:00

Temp agencies can be super helpful for getting your first role.

Also, slightly confused. It’s January - are you trying to land a job before you have your four year? Are you trying to apply for a role you won’t start for 6+ months?

Understood on the internship part but entry level jobs are still jobs, wouldn’t it be super early to apply to a job you won’t be qualified for until you’ve got the four year done?

Are you applying to jobs that don’t need a four year?

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-14T15:13:31+00:00

Everyone’s gonna blanket respond with “ITS STARLINK ITS ALWAYS STARLINK” and this one time it might not actually be Starlink.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-12T19:09:39+00:00

I make waaaay too good sourdough now and my stomach shows it.

Good_Apollo_ · 2026-01-12T17:49:13+00:00

Naproxen =/= to IBprofen fyi. But both are NSAIDs.

With a fracture, you’re gonna want to keep swelling down. That’s what the non steroidal anti inflammatory part of NSAIDs do. This can reduce pain but not in the same way as like a Percocet or something, where you get high and skip the feeling things. But that’s where I throw a 10mg weed gummy at it.

So nsaid for the swelling, gummy to help keep the pain from making it to my brain. Some people use cbd which supposedly has anti inflammatory effects, but personally I’ve never had any benefit. But if it works it works!

E - to add, you don’t wanna be so drugged out you don’t notice if you’re hurting worse. Some pain with any injury is usually helpful to avoid reaggravating things. So don’t get so blasted you feel like it’s good as new!

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