Math Majors

Hey /sci/, I know that there many intelligent people on this board since every math question gets at least one, correct, serious response, no matter how difficult.

I'm majoring in math right now as an undergrad, I was planning on becoming a professor. But I'm wondering if I'm chasing a pipe dream by trying to do this. I mean I'm certainly no genius, and maybe i should really be thinking of money and how I'm going to support myself rather than pursuing something that i love.

I'll be honest, what really got me thinking about this was this article: http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science

What are your opinions? For those of you that are majoring in math, what do you plan to do once you graduate?

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I am also a math major. We are blessed to be able to make a good living by doing something interesting that we love. Sure, if you're smart enough to major in math, there are plenty other things you could do for much more money, but academics has enough money in it for a comfortable life. Money won't make anyone happy, only math can.