A sincere bit of advice from personal experience; the motivation is not "some way off"; it will not happen upon you. It's already there somewhere, so if you don't feel you have it, you are going to have to find it yourself.
Otherwise, you might end up burning a bunch of years of your life coasting by and then realize "why haven't I made any really cool stuff yet?!?"
As for hackers, I have a very inclusive definition: someone who likes to tinker with code or other technical stuff without the need to get some gainful result from it. People who code at work and then clock out and turn off completely, for example, do not fit the definition.
Otherwise, you might end up burning a bunch of years of your life coasting by and then realize "why haven't I made any really cool stuff yet?!?"
As for hackers, I have a very inclusive definition: someone who likes to tinker with code or other technical stuff without the need to get some gainful result from it. People who code at work and then clock out and turn off completely, for example, do not fit the definition.