How to start becoming a core developer?

[ssbarnea]

While fixing a particular bug with a PR is a valid way to start, it may prove useful to start first with a low-hanging fruit and make few minor patches first. This may make it easier to learn how to test locally, how CI works and also to help you get more familiar with the code base.

Here are some ideas:

• look at disabled rules inside .pylintrc and try to address one of the disabled ones and remove it.
• run mypy --strict src and try to address one of the reported errors, you will help us getting closer to 100% type coverage.
• look at recent open bugs, try to reproduce them with master code. If it fails, close the bug. If it does reproduce but you do not know how to fix: add a test that reproduces that bug and mark it as "xfail".