I'm a college student. I'm learning how to program. I'm studying design. I'm even playing around with building physical products with microcontrollers, cirtcuits, and mechanisms, so I have experience in building all sorts of products. The only problem is I haven't found a problem or an industry - web, enterprise software, green tech, etc - where I feel passionate. How did you find your passion? How did you know what problems really motivated you? And, what would you suggest?

It all starts with hobbies and interest. It sounds like you have a passion for learning about tech. Have your run into any problems around learning, or building some of it? Look for the problems in your life and then build something super simple / small for yourself. Show it to others and see what they think. Big companies always start with simple ideas.

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