<prompt> Human: Im 2 years into my career in finance right now, and am planning to get my MBA in 4-5 years from now. Im most likely looking to go full time for it.Ive been maxing out my 401k contributions and am purchasing stocks through our share matching plan as well. Im not entirely sure how Ill be financing my MBA, but I know I want to have a good sum of money saved up for when I do go. Ive been putting away 500month into a savings account. When I get a raise, Im going to try to put even more away per month for it. My question is, should I just leave the cash Im saving in my savings account, or should I be putting it into the stock market? TL;DR - Im putting away cash to be used in the 4-5 year time frame. Should I be keeping my cash in my savings account, or should I be investing it somewhere?Assistant: Try to get your company to pay for it. If they are looking to cultivate their talent, they usually would be willing in exchange for a 2-3 year contract. Its much more economical in the long run and youre not putting yourself through such a huge financial burden. Also, I wouldnt be too eager in getting the MBA, its one of those things that management likes on a resume but is not something that gives you that much more of an edge over others. I still find experience counts way more in any hiring situation. Its also one of those degrees that you can do later in your life because its not that intense course load wise so you can end up doing it when you actually need to and not in anticipation of any future job prospect, especially if you have a BBA or something similar.Human: I work for a very large company, but unfortunately the amount they will give towards an MBA is very small only 5k per year, but you dont have to sign a contract committing to stay after. There are extremely isolated instances where theyve fully paid for someones entire MBA.My other thought is if I could get sponsored for an E-MBA by the company. This would allow me to work while pursuing my degree. Im just not sure there is precedent for them sponsoring employees to do so.  <response>: 5kyr isnt bad, especially with no hook to stay. I got my MSEE for free by taking 2 courses a year which was around 5kyr. Its slow, but I honestly wouldnt have taken more class than that while working, it was hard enough to balance time. 