My experience as a grad student in CS at a UC left me with the same conclusion. I left, in ABD status a year after getting my MS because of the working conditio

My experience as a grad student in CS at a UC left me with the same conclusion. I left, in ABD status a year after getting my MS because of the working conditions. It makes no financial sense to do a PhD in CS unless you want a pure research or Professorship. I'm significantly ahead financially of my peers who completed the PhD program and professionally as well due to my experience. Of course there are neat ways for PhD holders to sidestep labor certification to hugely speedup up their greencard applications so I am somewhat being punished for making the saner professional/financial decision!