The objective of an advanced degree is not to obtain a singular position. I don’t need an MBA to write ad copy. I don’t need a PhD to sketch. I think that is painfully obvious.
But my BA or BS in ID will not open many doors for research or strategy, for example.
So it seems I have a couple of options.
Get an ID job where they can offer the advanced training in whatever I wish to pursue. Granted you can focus your job search on companies you think may or may not allow that opportunity. But that seems like a crap shoot.
Or get an advanced degree that that specializes in the training I wish to pursue. Obviously there is no guarantee of a job, but you can guarantee I can obtain the advanced training I wish to pursue.
It is a choice. If I want to pursue product positioning strategy, a job may or may not give me that education where an education may or may not get me that job.