# Shopify Developers Share Lessons on Self-Advocacy and Dealing with Adversity in the Technology Industry

DevFeed: [Shopify Developers Share Lessons on Self-Advocacy and Dealing with Adversity in the Technology Industry](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/shopify-developers-share-lessons-on-self-advocacy-and-dealing-with-adversity-in-the-technology-industry-1590.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/shopify-developers-share-lessons-self-advocacy-adversity-technology>)

Author: Toni Akinwumi

Published: 2019-03-08T16:39:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [advocacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advocacy.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [checkout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/checkout.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [diversity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diversity.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>), [women-in-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/women-in-tech.md>), [writing-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing-code.md>)

## AI overview

This Shopify Behind The Code article profiles female developers, focusing on Stella Lee's work on the Shopify Checkout Experience team and her advocacy for women in technology. It discusses her use of TypeScript and Ruby to build features that reduce friction during checkout, along with her leadership of Shopify's internal women's Employee Resource Group and reflections on mentorship, adversity, gender parity, and self-advocacy.

## Source excerpt

In celebration of International Women's Day, we're featuring three female developers from various backgrounds sharing their experiences navigating a career in the tech industry and as well as their work and accomplishments at Shopify.