Canadian Masters degrees are either for professional development or a step towards getting a PhD. In the US a Masters degree in some fields, without a PhD, may be interpreted as a 'terminating Masters'. That is, something they give to students who are not smart enough to continue in the graduate program.
Like you, I returned to school in order to find more interesting, more challenging work. Unfortunately, a Masters in Comp. Sci. did not open many new opportunities. My friends in grad school continued to get their PhDs and they are now university profs. If I had it to do over again, I would follow that route.
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Canadian Masters degrees are either for professional development or a step towards getting a PhD. In the US a Masters degree in some fields, without a PhD, may be interpreted as a 'terminating Masters'. That is, something they give to students who are not smart enough to continue in the graduate program.
Like you, I returned to school in order to find more interesting, more challenging work. Unfortunately, a Masters in Comp. Sci. did not open many new opportunities. My friends in grad school continued to get their PhDs and they are now university profs. If I had it to do over again, I would follow that route.