doc: Expand section on Getting Started

Co-authored-by: Adam Jonas <jonas@chaincode.com>
Co-authored-by: Jon Atack <jon@atack.com>
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Getting Started
---------------
New contributors are very welcome and needed.
Reviewing and testing is the most effective way you can contribute as a new
contributor, and it also will teach you much more about the code and process
than opening PRs. Please refer to the section [peer review](#peer-review) later
in this document.
Before you start contributing, familiarize yourself with the Bitcoin Core build
system and tests. Refer to the documentation in the repository on how to build
Bitcoin Core and how to run the unit and functional tests.
There are many open issues of varying difficulty waiting to be fixed.
If you're looking for somewhere to start contributing, check out the
[good first issue](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
list or participate in a weekly [Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews/) meeting.
list or changes that are
[up for grabs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=label%3A%22Up+for+grabs%22).
Some of them might no longer be applicable. So if you are interested, but
unsure, you might want to leave a comment on the issue first.
You may also participate in the weekly
[Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews/) meeting.
Communication Channels
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