For people who are already in academia and want to be more academic? I don't get it.
This notion that Masters are for academia is so contrary to my experience altogether. They are not even associated with research, in my experience. What I have seen is:
* BSc: General professionals.
* MSc: More specialized professionals.
* PhD: Baseline for research, but more often than not just doing even more specialized work than folks with MSc.
* Postdocs: Actual researchers, including but not limited to academic careers.
This notion that Masters are for academia is so contrary to my experience altogether. They are not even associated with research, in my experience. What I have seen is:
* BSc: General professionals.
* MSc: More specialized professionals.
* PhD: Baseline for research, but more often than not just doing even more specialized work than folks with MSc.
* Postdocs: Actual researchers, including but not limited to academic careers.