[snowman]

I know several MBAs and have several relatives that were in your exact position. Dennis is right on.

If your good you do not need the MBA. THe time to have gone for it was back a few years ago, not now. Get the job and let them pay for it, if you really think you need it. Continuing ed is good and improves performance, and it is a LIFETIME goal that will put you ahead of the pack, not the degree itself. In other words the secret of success is to be GOOD at what you do, and to get better every day.

At this point in a career its who you know, and how good you are, and what you have to offer, that are important, all else is second. You have extremely unique and rare talents and experience, make the most of this asset. There are a LOT of MBAs out there. Take a course on how to write a good business plan.

realistically an MBA gives you a notch up, for a price, in your case $200k, you can make the same notch up for free, by "going for it" with all you got. If you fall back on getting the MBA, you probably "dont got it".