Thank you greenyoda. The low-tech solution is what we are doing now. It seems we are reacting to the situation and living in fear than solving the problem once and forever.
If you're doing Masters in AI/ML/Autonomous vehicles where your eventual thesis will be on-par with current tech companies, you should do Masters.
Else, get into SDE role, figure out real world and with money in hand (salary savings)figure out whether to do Masters or not.
My background:
Did Masters in US, worked as SDE, been in Consulting for many years at big-4. I now get called on high risk projects.