Is Masters/Mtech worth it in todays day and age ?

I am a 3rd year btech student , recently just got to learn about gate and masters and mtech. I am kind of at a crossroad with going for placements (off campus due to tier 3 college hence no expectation of good on csmpus offer) and going for masters. My field of interest is data/data science/cloud/aws. Should i give gate exam a shot or work on my skills and dsa to crack a good placement because ive been getting mixed opinions where one side is saying masters from a good renowned college is worth it but on the other side ive been hearing that experience and skilll development is wayy more important in this saturated job market.

Any thoughts or suggestion would be appreciated