Need Masters but hate education

Hi,

For the career I want (Data Science) I need a masters.

Having completed by BSc in Computer Science from a decent Russell group uni & getting a 2.1. I realised I hate being in education.

I feel like I'm not rewarded for working hard or doing what I'm supposed to - for example in 2 of my modules I did every single past paper and started revising 2 months before the exam & only got 50% in both.

Similar story in my project where I regularly met with my supervisor outside of allocated time to improve my work just to scrape a 60%. With the feedback being things I was told were fine in my meetings.

Even back to A level days where I made a spreadsheet of all the topics in A level Maths I was weak on with the textbook page numbers next to it just to miss my A*due to the 2019 edexcel **** show paper.

I really want to be done with education as its just a clear waste of time and something where hard work clearly isn't rewarded but I need a masters.

I don't believe further education is for me due to the experience of it so far.

I mean, if you really are desperate to show that you're competent in the role, then I suppose you can do something like a PowerBI qualification from Microsoft; a programming certificate specific for data science from the Python Institute; and a SQL qualification from Oracle. However, these are not strictly necessary.

The tough part of this process is getting the job. Your current degree alone is more than adequate.

I've learnt Tableau for my dissertation, I've done 2 Data Science internships and the machine learning/AI modules on my degree so education-wise I think I'm ok, but a lot of roles on job postings require a masters degree and I fear somewhere down the line I'm going to need it.

Also, why that career? What is it about that job that appeals?

I did 2 internships in Data Science based roles and found both very interesting and enjoyable. I also really enjoyed the Machine Learning module of my ug degree.