MSR is one of the world’s largest organizations dedicated to basic research. It’s hardly typical, as it reflects an elite of the elite when it comes to people creating technology. But it provides an important initial window on the world of technology. MSR has more than twelve hundred PhDs, eight hundred of whom have computer science degrees. To put that in perspective, the computer science departments of major universities typically employ sixty to a hundred PhDs as faculty and postdoctoral fellows. And in quality, MSR typically is considered a match for any of the top universities. Think of
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