yAcademy Newsletter #1
Summary
- The Pilot Fellowship Programs starts September 20th
- Sign-up for future yAcademy Fellows
- yAcademy is hiring
Pilot Program
On September 15th yAcademy launched its Fellowship Program. This initial group consists of twelve talented coders aspiring to become blockchain security auditors! This is a 1-month program where they will get to work alongside yAcademy’s auditors and Yearn Finance’s core developers on real smart contracts intended for production. If you are interested in learning more, check out our website here.
Each week the fellows shadow-audit a Yearn codebase that is either in production and in need of a second audit, or in pre-production and in need of deep audit before launch. Fellows meet with the lead auditor at the beginning of the week, where they're given an overview and motivational questions around the codebase. Throughout the week, Fellows get direct support from the lead auditor, yAcademy staff, and some Yearn core developers and strategists. At the end of the week, Fellows present their findings and are provided feedback by the lead auditor, devs, and researchers who provided support during the week.
With a month of events lined up, we will be having a suite of guests speaking to our Fellows about the contracts they will be studying and their real-life experience working in the space. Keep an eye on our Twitter account as we release the guests that will be speaking.
yAcademy Internship Sign-ups
If you would like to join the next Fellowship program, you can sign up for our future events. If you are interested or think you know someone that would be check out this link.
We are hiring
yAcademy is still on the lookout for a talented auditor to join the team as Founding Auditor. As a founding auditor, you get to shape the academy from its early days, including defining structures, practices, and hiring future permanent members from outstanding intern talents. The mandate of yAcademy will be your main focus: auditing of real smart contracts and overseeing the internship programs. You will have the support of yAcademy’s core contributors to help you create a vibrant and productive working environment, as well as help from yAcademy’s ecosystem partners.
If you are interested or know someone who might be, check out our jobs page here.