Career Change
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- MrDinky0
MBA is a good way but dont expect a career change. Most of finance jobs require you to have finance background and experience. And if you go banking you will be competiting associate jobs with 20 year olds.
best thing to do is get an MBA and combine that with your creative side. You will be more valuable since you can think both strategically and creatively. Thats something that does come by often. Using that you can be a managing creative director or managing director. Imagine a business guy who understand creative, thats someone you want to work for.
I have management consulting background and I am not afraid to crack open an excel and make a model. The analytical skill that you will learn will help you in your creative ways.
If you are curious, pick up Porter's books.
http://www.amazon.com/Competitiv…
This book is a must. Take a read and it might inspire you.I wish you luck. I really hate creatives snobs who cant stand the idea some doing something thats high level. I mean thats what you will be doing when you are a creative director.
Go for it. You might love it.