Growing as a Software Engineer: Learning, Sharing, and Impact

Growing a career in software engineering is often framed as a purely technical journey. In practice, learning and sharing play a much bigger role.In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I am joined by Emilien Macchi, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat.Emilien is a long-time contributor to OpenStack, originally from France and now based in Canada. In our conversation, he shares how learning, collaboration, and knowledge sharing have been central to his growth as a software engineer.We discuss topics such as:peer reviews and pair programminglearning through collaborationremote work and why Emilien finds collaboration easier and better in distributed teamsthe skills that matter most for long-term growth as an engineerThis episode is for software engineers who want to grow their impact and satisfaction at work, not just their technical expertise.Find out more about the episode here.