It's generally a good attitude to try to see what problems need to be solved instead of just doing your best at what you're told to do. If you identify problems and suggest solutions, you will have more influence on the content of your job regardless if you want to move up the hierarchy or code cool applications. And if you get to implement a solution that you suggested, it will be much more fun than realizing other people's ideas.
Being in a job makes it relatively easy to see processes which always need some improvement. I wish it would be as easy to see how to improve things on the level of the society or the country. I can see many things that are wrong, but I have no idea how to fix anything.
"and suggest solutions" - that is key. There are plenty of people that bitch about problems, but precious few that can also propose solutions to alleviate the pain.
Being in a job makes it relatively easy to see processes which always need some improvement. I wish it would be as easy to see how to improve things on the level of the society or the country. I can see many things that are wrong, but I have no idea how to fix anything.