Road ahead

yesterday I was speakig to one of my seniors about the prospects of career growth...
may be its my age...these days iam thinking more about the future:) ..... he said since the IT industry is reaching the saturation (it will grow but growth rates are snailpaced) we can not expect any great rewards/career growth....
hmmm... so waht are the options for a typical s/w engineer to secure his financial future..career and good life style?

I think that by investing in companies with good track record (opto circuits,tata chemicals etc) which pay good dividends can help us...

to improve our chances of growth..we need to bring lot of new skills on to the table and show that we can make a difference to not only the project we ae working but to the technology group..to the business unit and more than that...

now I know the reasons for why i should ...what i should do ..how to do it is the next step and I need to fix the plan for the HOW during the coming two weeks...

do post your ideas