Put my career on hold for two years minimum, in order to pursue a Masters degree.

I've thought about going for my Master's. Currently have a BS (hehe) and have been working professionally for 4 years. Is it worth it?

@BakerMcBaker While you wait for OP's answer, I'll give you my 2 cents. Keep in mind though that our vision of the world differs quite a bit since I've always been and still am a student, i.e. I've never been an employee. I've got a BSc and now I'm pursuing a MSc. The reason I'm pursuing it is that I want to find a job I like which requires a MSc, and also increase the probability of finding a job in general. You need to ask yourself 'Why do I want a Master?'. If simply you wanna 'gain more knowledge', then you could do that better at home for free imo. Just my 2 cents.

I fully disagree with above. Employers care about work experience a lot more than about degrees. If someone went out the university not having gained some experience during their studies, personally I would be wary about hiring them.

The Master's is especially useful when you aim to specialize.

In general - degree for understanding concepts, work experience for api/frameworks/languages, i.e. "coding".

In France, if you don't have a master's degree, then you're not welcome in most enterprises

@Maer I agree with you on the fact that employers care more about experience than degrees. But some positions, more on the researcher side, require more than a BSc usually, not always.

I sometimes read stories of people without a degree in a scientific field who really wanna get into programming. They usually do projects on sites like freebootcamp, create a network of people, and some manage the land that developer job.

@Chrupiter I can only speak for EU though

@BakerMcBaker Don't know. Just started my masters 😂

@Chrupiter Yeah, those positions are usually specialized.

I like working close to the scientific branch and do not regret my Master's. However there are a vew realities when entering the job market. One such reality is the importance of experience over degrees.