Those contacts you make in big-name schools are mostly wishful thinking. Those places don't train you to be a friend. They train you to be ruthless, efficient "winners".
Make your FU money and bail. Nietzsche explained why;
> He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
p.s. a white collar mcjob makes more than an adjunct "professor".