Henry Zhu · The ReadME Project

Hi, I’m Henry 👋. I’m originally from Atlanta and now live in New York City🗽, where I’m a full-time maintainer of [Babel](https://github.com/babel) (pronounced BAH-BEL), a community-funded compiler ...

In March 2018, I made the easiest hard choice: I left my job at Adobe to be a full-time open source maintainer. The decision was a long time coming and I recognize it takes a certain privilege and freedom to take such a leap. There are positives and negatives, and the ups and downs are inevitable, especially now, in the midst of a pandemic. But I’m still happy with my decision, and grateful for the opportunity to give back to others and meet people—and their problems—where they are. Connecting with people and addressing the human side of open source has become a big part of my motivation.…

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