I have an MBA in Marketing. I personally think that Marketing is an area in which you do not *need* an MBA in order to succeed...but I'm not sure I'm understanding your post. It sounds like maybe there is a marketing position open in your current company where you are already an engineer. I think that might be a good place to break into marketing since your experience there as an engineer might be helpful in a marketing position, whereas if you were to take an entrylevel marketing spot in another company/industry, your background might not be as valuable. It sounds like you need to decide if you want to shift career directions at this point. My impression is that the engineering type is quite different from the marketing type....do you feel like you're kinda misplaced/dissatisfied being in engineering?
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