should I get into bioinformation?

[kamesh kompella]

Walter,
      Check out the following site:

     http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0126/6102076a.htm

kamesh.

ps: 1.This could be a prediction similar to what you mentioned.
    2. Steven Brenner, the author of cgi-lib.pl, went back to grad
       school after several years of work. He is currently working
       in  Computational Biology. He should be able to answer your
       questions.