A masters degree in a topic lets you say (in principle) that your knowledge an a topic area is par with state of the art. A phd lets you say your are able to (a

A masters degree in a topic lets you say (in principle) that your knowledge an a topic area is par with state of the art. A phd lets you say your are able to (after some time interval of effort) extend the state of the art. Ultimately it really depends on what you're looking to do. do you have enough of a preexisting corpus of projects / experience in the what ever you want to do such that you'll have no difficulty securing work in your area of interest? Would graduate course work and or research either be an intrinsically valuable experience for you with respect to your interests or not? Tldr: only do a graduate degree if you will enjoy the relatively focused work jointly with how it'll impact your career choices.