Research internship at MSR [D]

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415]

So got selected for a research internship at MSR, how good is the quality of work and how useful is it to move to Applied sciences or research sciences position at other FAANG companies after the internship. And any perks and other benefits that interns get during microsoft internship? Any tips will be appreciated. Specifically to get into AS at amazon , does this boost my chances? I'll be joining as an SDE-1 at amazon after 6 months so planning to apply internally once I join. So what else should I do to improve my chances to go to AS.

[u/Fantastic-Nerve-4056]

Assuming it is in India. No company does proper research apart from a couple of groups at DeepMind and MSR

Sure! You may get a bunch of papers out, but that is more of an engineering than research. Though engineering is equally important, you may be disappointed if you wanna do some cool research.

PS; Comes from someone who interned at GDM and Adobe. Also had offers from MSR, Dolby, etc, but never joined due to exact same reason

PPS; Now looking to move abroad unless I get "that one lab" at DeepMind

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415 → u/Fantastic-Nerve-4056]

But will doing a internship at MSR increase chances of moving to applied sciences since I’m interested in engineering + research not just pure research , I’m hoping I can move to MLE or applied sciences role at Amazon or other Faang

[u/Fantastic-Nerve-4056 → u/Fuzzy-Pool2415]

IDK what is the definition of research for you. But atleast to my experience yaha bilkul research nahi hota (with a few exceptions). Even I am an engineer turned researcher so unless the research is of practical use, Idc. So mere interests me engineering ati hi hai.

And regarding your question. Yes it will definitely help land a role in India.

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415 → u/Fantastic-Nerve-4056]

Yea got it thanks

[u/Candid-Tackle-9061]

MSR is a pretty solid opportunity. i'd focus more on doing meaningful work and building a strong relationship with your mentor than just the internship name. That'll help a lot for future AS roles

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415 → u/Candid-Tackle-9061]

Nice thx

[u/Educational-Beach574]

What is the salary for a new phd

[u/Fantastic-Nerve-4056 → u/Educational-Beach574]

Varies around 40-50 base. But most of us are more interested in the work we do, instead of just decent money.

Amazon just pays 60 atleast that's what I was told by HR. But I didn't end up giving interview as the team I was invited for had nothing to do with my interest. And I also wanted to do research

[u/coulispi-io]

It’s not where it used to be (as most of the compute went to MAI, OAR, and some applied group) but there’re still good people and it’s one of of the few places left that allows interns to publish research. enjoy :-)

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415 → u/coulispi-io]

Nice

[u/Fuzzy-Pool2415 → u/[deleted]]

Ok