Accidentally discovered that Economics is the only subject my brain seems to cooperate with. Now what?

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I'm 23F from a tier-3 city in India, currently pursuing an MBA in Finance & Technology from a college in the same city.

And, as most people from tier-2/3 cities probably know, campus placements here can sometimes feel like a game of “Congratulations! You have been shortlisted for a sales role.”

So, naturally, I've been trying to figure out how to make myself employable outside the traditional college-placement route.

I've experimented with a few things.

I did an internship as a Content Editor. It was... an experience. Let's just say I discovered that writing content for a living wasn't exactly my calling.

Then I decided to explore Finance because, well, MBA + Finance sounded like a sensible combination.

My brain disagreed.

I tried learning it, struggled quite a bit, and eventually accepted that perhaps the universe was trying to tell me something.

And then I stumbled into Economics.

For the first time, I actually found myself enjoying what I was studying. Concepts make sense to me, I enjoy understanding why things happen rather than just memorising them, and I genuinely like analysing economic problems.

So naturally, I now have a new problem.

I want to get into Economics, but I don't have an Economics degree and I can't afford to get another degree right now.

I'm currently trying to figure out whether there's a way to break into the field through skills, projects, certifications, internships, or entry-level work rather than spending another few years and a considerable amount of money getting a second degree.

I'm particularly interested in remote/work-from-home opportunities, if those actually exist at the entry level.

So I'd really appreciate some advice from people who work in Economics or related fields.

What kinds of roles should someone like me realistically look at?

For example:

Economic research

Research assistant roles

Market/economic research

Data analysis

Policy research

Business/economic analysis

Any other roles I'm completely unaware of

And more importantly:

What skills should I learn to become employable for these roles?

Should I focus on statistics, econometrics, Excel, Python, R, SQL, data visualisation, research methodology, etc.? Are there specific projects I could build to prove that I actually know what I'm doing?

I'm not expecting to become an economist tomorrow and demand a six-figure salary. I would happily start at the bottom if it means getting relevant experience and gradually building my way into the field.

Basically, I'm trying to answer:

How do I get into Economics when I have an MBA, no Economics degree, limited money, and an increasingly concerning habit of getting excited about GDP data?

Any honest advice, especially from people who have actually made a non-traditional transition into Economics, would be hugely appreciated.