<p>if you're working at abig company, is it a good idea to get a masters in engineering if you plan on getting an MBA about 5 yrs after your undergrad?</p>
<p>Most of the people I've encountered have done either/or, not both. Sort of depends upon what you want to do. If you're more into management, go for the MBA, but if you want to do pure engineering, get the MS. Not really much reason to get both, since the idea behind BS+MBA is kind of to get a feel for engineering and then go towards the business side of things, at least from what I've seen... Specializing further in engineering isn't going to help you <em>that</em> much more than just getting your bachelors in engineering.</p>