I need opinion

I am a senior majoring in MIS at a local state university. I have read that the MIS field (especially the programming, database development areas) is exploding. Although I am beginning to feel slightly concerned.

I would really appreciate the opinion on how it REALLY is in the market today. I am married and started back to college after a 5 year absence and am considering the sales field compared to the MIS field (money-wise). I have heard that there are "MANY" jobs where you can make excellent salaries in the IS field, but more specifically:

1. Can you really make the $50,000+ salaries that everyone advertises, and I hear about?
2. If you become a developer in a 'hot' language such as Oracle, Sybase, SAP, C++ etc. is it true that you would have to relocate every few years?
3. I have also heard that immigration and offshore programming services is going to greatly impact the U.S. salaries of the IS professionals.
4. What are your thoughts as to where the industry will be in 5 years?

I hope that someone can give me some insight, considering that the readers in this group would know more than anyone else because you are in the field right now. I just don't want to take what all the recruiters and school faculty are telling me at face value. I greatly appreciate any help anyone can provide. Please feel free to email your response if you desire.

Thank you,
Ryan R. Received on Wed Oct 16 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST