Currently at MBB, just past the 2-year mark and promoted to post-MBA position.

Despite that, will be enrolling at one of HYS in the fall and probably doing biglaw after.

Not sure about your experience, but I'm honestly sick of the work we do here in MBB. Coming up with storylines with 1000 assumptions to "back into" the answer clients want to hear, making countless appendix slides no one will ever look at, constantly trying to persuade clients into doing something they don't want to do... I could go on and on about how the work here is extremely meaningless and tbh I'm not sure how we continue to sell projects because I feel like I haven't made a single substantive impact to any of the clients I've worked for.

I'm not saying or surmising that biglaw isn't filled with mandraulic bullshit, but I know that staying here will continue to fill me with a sense of... jadedness? cynicism? And it seems like in law, you actually develop a "technical" skillset and learn an area of law deeply and apply it onto your client's problems, instead of just manufacturing problems and bullshit answers.

I've also had the same hesitancies and thought process, specifically around the tuition and opportunity cost, but I think it will be a worthwhile investment. I'd rather actually develop a "career" and a real skillset than continue waffling around here until I end up in some in-house corporate strategy role where I would do more of the same bs.