Jacob Leatherman - Frontend Engineer


Location: Yahoo! Research Silicon Valley

Profile

Jacob joined Yahoo! in early 2008, relocating from Kansas and the world of small business to join Yahoo! Research as a Frontend Engineer. Jacob has a love for PHP and JavaScript and the Internet in general.

Prior to joining Yahoo! Jacob was a man of many hats, often functioning in the roles of architect, database administrator, programmer and support in small businesses. He is currently thoroughly enjoying the freedom to focus primarily on the Frontend of web applications, the portion a user interacts with most.