# My first 6 months at Apollo GraphQL

DevFeed: [My first 6 months at Apollo GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-first-6-months-at-apollo-graphql-23464.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/my-first-6-months-at-apollo-graphql>)

Author: George Snowflack

Published: 2022-01-25T10:32:37Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [back-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [life-at-apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/life-at-apollo.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>)

## AI overview

An author explains how conversations with customers, personal contacts, and research tools influenced the decision to join Apollo six months earlier. The article discusses customer pain points involving back-end microservices, APIs, technical debt, custom code, and REST, and presents Apollo as a platform for managing and securing APIs and GraphQL.

## Source excerpt

For those of you who know me best, I certainly don't take things at face value. I take a measured approach when I make decisions, especially when it comes to making my next career move. I often get asked how I always "pick the winners". Here's how I went about the selection process for joining Apollo six months ago, and a quick update of where I'm at today.