TTMO,I faced the same problem a couple of years ago, having spent just under five years with nigh-on 100% chargeability (I had developed deep skills in an obscure field.) I took GMAT and started applications to a small group of business schools. After being surprised by getting a very good GMAT the first time round, I got a place at a highly ranked school and left.While there is a certain amount of counter-MBA culture in the UK, an MBA does have a great deal of value in the right circles. Accenture UK is very anti-MBA, believing that it doesn't add a lot of value to what they do. This is partially true. Accenture folks tend to become quite institutionalised during their time there, developing the attitude that they wouldn't know what to do or where to begin outside the leviathan. I don't know whether this is deliberate ploy, or merely a side-effect of having fairly bright but insecure employees, but it can be a major force in preventing otherwise good people from doing something that they really want to do.As many (but by no means all) of the managers, senior managers and junior partners also suffer from this disease themselves, it is in the interest of their self-esteem to believe that the MBA doesn't add any value because you'd be taking something on that many of them have not had the courage to do themselves. The reason why the belief that an MBA doesn't add anything at Accenture is partially true is because it is a sefl-fulfilling prophecy - some of the value of an MBA is credibility; therefore the staunch belief that it does not add any value does indeed reduce its value - furthermore, until you reach manager or SM level much of the technical learning is not relevant to the work that you'll do.What you must realise is that you can break out of this cycle of dependence with or without an MBA; although the MBA will help you to work in fields other than technology. After having taken the MBA, I now work for a highly-regarded consultancy which does very little technology consulting work and does not do any implementation at all. I could have done this without the MBA, but it would have been significantly harder.ECPS - Just by way of a disclaimer, Accenture is not a bad place to work and a good place to start (or continue) a career but do not make the mistake of drinking the kool-aid too deeply. Also be wary of the opinions of people who slag it off, having never worked there, or those of people who have worked there and are overly bitter once they have left. The former lack imagination but like to jump on the bandwagon and the latter probably had unrealistic expectations to begin with.PPS - The CEO and CFO of Accenture both have MBAs. Draw your own conclusions.
