# **EPF Week 0 Update**

Hello there! I am excited to begin this next step in my Ethereum journey. I have spent the past several months participating in the [Ethereum Protocol Fellowship study group (EPFsg)](https://epf.wiki/?#/README) as a way to bridge my knowledge gap around the Ethereum protocol.

During this time, I became more interested in the Testing space. I attribute this to my previous banking and hedge fund experience working in risk and compliance. For several years I performed monitoring and testing work on key company processes, investment strategies, our trading desks, banking regulations and more. **In short, I was making sure we weren't breaking any laws or putting the companies at risk.**

Apart from my previous work experience, the Testing space appeals to me because I think it exposes you to many different teams and can give you a very good knowledge base to work from and build on top of. I also get the feeling it isn't as "sexy" as the other areas, but to me that means it is very important!

I've begun reading up on the different Testing types (see below) and I am trying to gain a better sense for how they can be improved. One of the project ideas from the EPF4 Cohort was [Improving Hive for end-to-end testing](https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-four/blob/master/projects/project-ideas.md#improving-hive-for-end-to-end-testing). This was not an EPF4 project that a Fellow worked on so I saw it as an opportunity to start digging in and use as my technical question answer to the EPF5 application.

I still have a lot to read and understand before I feel confident enough to submit my application, but this is a good start.

# **Testing Links and Reference Material**

[EPF Wiki Testing Overview](https://epf.wiki/?#/wiki/testing/overview)
[Mario Vega HackMD Notes](https://notes.ethereum.org/@marioevz)