>>14131495>mastersNone
At least in my field (biological sciences; genetics/molecular/cell bio), a masters is basically useless. It's better to go BS -> industry, or BS -> PhD -> Industry, and even then, PhD is only worth it if you hate yourself (ask me how I know).
Most of what biotech needs now are coders/software dev types. Lab-monkeys are important, but its more low-paying grunt work if you go and do actual labwork for the pharma companies. The exception is if you go PhD into an industry post-doc. You'll still be underpaid, but its easy enough to climb the ladder from there.
If you want to maximize salary, coding is the way. I transitioned from cell biology -> basically a software dev with a scientist title. I'm incredibly in demand and doubled my salary within a year because I was being recruited.
Masters, imo, is worthless in this field, but I'm not the authority on that. I know in other fields like engineering, masters is actually useful.
