KG asked:

I am toying with a wacky idea :

I have an engineering undergrad degree, and an MBA from a top-10 business school. I generally make about $200K (although am currently between jobs) as a mid-level manager at a tech company.

I am considering going to Law School, to get the JD and try to either work for a couple of years at a top law firm, and then become a General Counsel at a mid-size tech company, OR work at a law firm like Wilson Sonsini or comparable, and try to rise up the ranks there. Either way, I hope to ***** $400-$500K in income over time.

Assume that I will get into a top-10 Law School (as my engineering and MBA degrees are already from top-10s, and both universities I already went to have Top-10 Law Schools).

I am 35 years old and single. I would be 40-41 by the time I have 2 years of post-JD experience.

I have a lot of money saved up (over $400K), so the main cost to me is not Law School tuition, but rather lost salary.

Has anyone here done something similar?