[bmitc]

It is my understanding that the language teams of C# and especially F# are actually quite small, and I imagine competitive. I would wager that there's more compiler work to be done in Microsoft Research. This is a hunch based on things I have read.

[eru]

Yes, but can't hurt to reach out in any case.

[bmitc]

Oh for sure. Microsoft seems like a good place to work anyway, with a ton of stuff going on.