Well wanna share with u something. It was my dream to be lecturer from my O 'levels and still I am working through m being 26 years old. It is very important to have all through very good results if you wanna be a successful academician even from your undergrad level. Good thing is that due to my early planning, I managed to study all through with full scholarship and most of all thanks to almighty. So far I have published few papers in IEEE and getting good responses from the reviewers. These inspirations are letting me to get going. Therefore good publications is very very important for leading a successful teaching life. I have completed my BEng with 1st class hons (Malaysia), Postgrad cert with excellent ranking (Germany), MSc with Distinction 1st (UK, completing in Sept). Already I have received few PhD fellowship offers with good salary starting from Jan. Well, after that I am planning to take post doctoral study before coming to teaching profession.

Its a very noble profession. Therefore, prepare yourself well before teaching others and facing the challenge of next decade; not opting for monetary prospect only. I am sure if you do that at least you will be remembered someday among your students saying that "you were a great lecturer".