Woah this is sick! Maybe see you in there :)

creampuff

Highly recommend this, still not sure how to contribute though still learning...

alpacachino

There, experience is passed on from core developers to newbies.

Unfortunately, I always forget about it (damn, missed it again, lol) but the one time I joined it was really interesting to see how PRs are reviewed and tested

bitcoin

Best Major or Classes to take to be involved in the lightning/bitcoin community?

I can also recommend the [Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews/).

There, experience is passed on from core developers to newbies.
Unfortunately, I always forget about it (damn, missed it again, lol) but the one time I joined it was really interesting to see how PRs are reviewed and tested