It doesn't take imagination. Rather than trying to imagine the issues, try to develop an eye to see the problems that are already in front of you. And don't sta

It doesn't take imagination. Rather than trying to imagine the issues, try to develop an eye to see the problems that are already in front of you. And don't start with grand ambitions. Start with the problem in front of you. One way is to have hobbies, side hustles, volunteer work, whatever. As long as you're doing something that requires solving problems that are different from your day to day programming job, you will find a constant stream of problems that maybe you can improve with a bit of code. Some of my side projects are directly related to my work, but most of them aren't. I'm working on something right now because someone in my life needed advice on digital security, and it turned out to be not an easy problem to address.