[jmcdowell]

I'm still very young compared to the original poster on stackexchange, however a comment in that thread reminded me of something I did myself which filled me with motivation.

"And finally, if you get a chance, help students with things. For example I judge and coach for Imagine Cup (sponsored by Microsoft) but I am sure there are equivalent things in whatever tech field you're in. This is a self-selected group of passionate and innovative young people who are building something they think will change the world and make them rich, and spending some time with them will get you fired up again, I guarantee! My first judging trip left me feeling ten years younger, so now I'm hooked." - Kate Gregory

I helped out at CoderDojo (http://coderdojo.com/) whose primary participants on the days I helped were 10-15. I helped the kids out with programming, learning myself and helping them program quadcopters amongst other things. Seeing the enthusiasm the kids showed and hearing what they were trying to build in their own time was incredibly inspiring. If you can, see if there is a local club teaching kids programming, I'm still only a university student but the club I helped out at were incredibly eager for anyone with coding experience to come in and help out. I can only imagine how happy they would be with someone with that much experience helping out.