[moocow01]

Do both but don't expect that you're going to 'learn to code' and then one day be done in the same sense that one day you will be done with getting your MBA.

Coding is very much like learning a real language. You most likely are not going to be incredibly useful or valuable with it within the first few years and you can improve yourself in it endlessly. Similar to how an aspiring author is not going to be able to do good work when they are just starting to learn English. In other words, people who take some courses on codeacademy and think they have learned to code have essentially learned how to put sentences together - not write an engaging book. (Not knocking code academy - its a good thing)

So in that regard if your aspirations are to boost your income or move up in your career then an MBA is going to most likely be a much better shot. If you naturally gravitate towards software development then do that because you'll get enjoyment out of it but if your looking for a golden ticket it is certainly not that.

[capkutay]

I agree. It's not like you finish an Apress book and all of a sudden you're a coder. MBA gives you have a degree that will most likely grant you access to management-type jobs. It can take years of programming before you become useful to anybody...