MBA?
Depends who pays for it.....
You through 70k worth of loans? Highly doubtful.
Someone else? Jackpot!
So I was able to get mine paid for 75% I was in the federal government at the time, and frankly they would pay for a ton of my school. I also managed to game the system a fair amount too. For reason my program was like $1000 a credit hour up to 10 hours, but if you took 15, it was the same price as 10. As a result I took 20 hours for 2 quarters, it was a shit life for those 10 weeks, but it was only 10 weeks. I think the closed all my various loopholes I exploited, but ask around.
Overall the MBA was pretty cool, you build a fantastic network. These are a bunch of guys and gals who are going places, they are going to be EVPs by the time they are 40 so they are good people to know.
The experience was good, but yeah it helps to have work experience to get a lot of out all the case studies that you do (which was probably like 80% of it)
Ok so I was right on about the type of work your doing. Id try to get permantely placed somewhere you can tolerate and at least try to settle in a bit to see how it goes. Then feel free to jump ship.
I was mainly in financial reporting which I enjoyed. Mainly because I know where all the bodies are buried. I knew how the quarter was looking before everyone else. I knew if I needed to look for jobs because we were out of cash..... Financial reporting is also good because it has peaks and valleys of work. You can work your ass off month end but also screw around a little bit mid month. So it ebbs and flows which makes it a bit nicer. Work on pet projects during the slow times, and the required reporting during month end type deal.
All those 'look good on tv' jobs generally suck, so I would not recommend doing anything finance related on the island of Manhattan! Lots of stuff out there, just depends on what you want. Look around, try lots of different stuff. Take risks, meet directors/VPs in other areas so you can weasel your way in if you like the work they are doing!