Getting an MBA is not a silver-bullet to a great career. If you have to take out the debt (100k+), you better be super sure the ROI is justified. If you are career switching, most people go into investment banking or management consulting because those two fields are the most open to career-switchers. Pay is solid but the hours and lifestyle (70 hour+ work weeks) are brutal however. Many burn out after a few years.
If you don't see yourself going into those two fields, you have some general management stuff you could do as well but a lot of folks beyond what is mentioned return to their previous line of work in a management role and went into MBA programs knowing that is where they would end up.
The point I'm trying to get across is you better have a very definable post-MBA path to justify the debt load you will take. If you are not taking on debt, then the risk is not nearly as great obviously aside from loss time.
That said, I would focus on developing real skills (programming, trades, etc) vs an MBA (mostly fluff bullshit; you are going for the career services and network access -- which you can overcome to some extent other ways) .... unless an MBA can realistically get you where you specifically want to go.
I would not just go and wing it and hope for the best that things will work out. You can check detailed job placement stats from all MBA programs to see where people go. If you don't see yourself where the majority of people are going, DO NOT GO. You could end up like a lot of miserable MBAs who didn't plan for shit who ultimately have to take a high paying job they hate just to pay off the massive student loan debt.
You already have a skill set (Turkish language skills) that could be parlayed into making some decent money. I would start with that.
If you don't see yourself going into those two fields, you have some general management stuff you could do as well but a lot of folks beyond what is mentioned return to their previous line of work in a management role and went into MBA programs knowing that is where they would end up.
The point I'm trying to get across is you better have a very definable post-MBA path to justify the debt load you will take. If you are not taking on debt, then the risk is not nearly as great obviously aside from loss time.
That said, I would focus on developing real skills (programming, trades, etc) vs an MBA (mostly fluff bullshit; you are going for the career services and network access -- which you can overcome to some extent other ways) .... unless an MBA can realistically get you where you specifically want to go.
I would not just go and wing it and hope for the best that things will work out. You can check detailed job placement stats from all MBA programs to see where people go. If you don't see yourself where the majority of people are going, DO NOT GO. You could end up like a lot of miserable MBAs who didn't plan for shit who ultimately have to take a high paying job they hate just to pay off the massive student loan debt.
You already have a skill set (Turkish language skills) that could be parlayed into making some decent money. I would start with that.