I have a practical master's and a bachelor's I chose due to personal interest. I am job hunting now and the more I read job descriptions the more I realize I would jump at the chance to work in my first field. I am trying (quietly) to schedule interviews for that industry because my parents think there's no money or prestige in that area and they're wrong. Some of my friends stuck to their guns and did not go to grad school and accumulated so much experience and they're happy. I otoh listened to them like a little lamb. Fingers crossed I get in somehow. Please don't go to grad school for them it's miserable and there are plenty of "practical degree grads" unemployed.