>>11068246Second this. In academic research, you can't do much more besides being a lab manager or research associate in a core facility. In industry, as said, you'll hit a ceiling. Titles differ between companies, so you may be "Associate Scientist 2" here or "Scientist 1" there (whatever), but it's unlikely that you'll hit a associate director/director level, much less so staff scientist or fellow, with a master's. The people I know with a bachelor's or master's either stay permanently as an associate scientist or research associate or lab manager, or transition into another field: sales, marketing, publishing, maybe policy. Some people I recall going into finance or consulting, but they went right out of undergrad. Different path.
