I feel obligated to note that the stuff good managers do is frequently as important as the stuff good makers do in well-managed organizations. You are not bett

I feel obligated to note that the stuff good managers do is frequently as important as the stuff good makers do in well-managed organizations. You are not better or worse, just different from each other, providing different value to the company. Lots of MBAs take that route out of consulting because they hate consulting but don't know what to do next. The internships & connections they make during the program help them decide, and frequently these decisions are to jump into a completely different industry. I consider it an expensive, but helpful, way for overachievers to figure out what they want to do with their life, and signal to future employers that they're serious about it.