I often submit minor bug fixes or features to fairly popular projects, and as an outside contributor the communication can be very async. It's typically limited

I often submit minor bug fixes or features to fairly popular projects, and as an outside contributor the communication can be very async. It's typically limited to GitHub PR/issue discussions, and sometimes the latency is measured in weeks/months. I think it's probably quite different if you're a "core contributor" and likely using additional channels like slack and scheduled meetings, more akin to a company operating.