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by Radiant 3428 days ago
Also: yes, if you want to immigrate to a Western country.
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If you want to work in a more academic area such as Machine Learning it would be helpful. For something like frontend development it would not be very useful.
Even if someone is going to do front-end development, Western countries' immigration authorities typically award a big boost in points for graduate degrees in critical fields (e.g., frequently CS).
A lot of countries grant citizenship based on some points system. In most of them having a Master's degree brings you more points.