Alot of MWD hands never went to college anyway. Those that had a decent education always felt extremely over qualified for the job and the quality of life is sh--
Guess it's better than nothing, maybe... but I wouldn't consider it at the top of my desired jobs.
The only time when MWD is really interesting is when they run the fancy quad combo stuff offshore that they never run on US Land. But even then, quality of life is still sh--.