Firstly it is hard to argue that more education is a bad thing. If you are truly passionate about a topic and want to research it go for it it. You will also m

Firstly it is hard to argue that more education is a bad thing. If you are truly passionate about a topic and want to research it go for it it. You will also meet a lot of good contacts in terms of fellow students, lecturers and tutors as well as industry people as part of your research. However if you do want to work for a startup - working on your own practical innovation or startup maybe a better path. Also doing a lot of networking may yield faster results. I find the Google application process particularly enlighting in terms of what they value - a master and other education take a side step to experiance and side projects in particular If you do decide to do one though maybe consider an open university so that you can continue to work or if you have the funds to burn work on your own project or voleentear at a startup or work on an open source project which in the end maybe as much or more valuable than the MA next to your name at the end of it