# Hired Through GitHub: Part 2

DevFeed: [Hired Through GitHub: Part 2](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hired-through-github-part-2-13493.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/hired-through-github-part-2>)

Author: Joseph Lyons

Published: 2025-10-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Wayland](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wayland.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [wayland](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wayland.md>)

## AI overview

This article shares Smit Barmase's path from contributing to Zed as an open source project to joining its team. He focused on Linux improvements, fixed bugs, collaborated with Zed staff through reviewed pull requests, and later joined in a community role after Zed sponsored his work.

## Source excerpt

More stories from the open source contributors who became core team members.