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We Were Meant to Be: On Tech, Hype, Being Human, and Making a Future youtu.be/cqocz1D4rds

youtu.beWe Were Meant to Be: On Tech, Hype, Being Human, and Making a FutureYouTube video by Lena Reinhard

Maybe you got into tech because you loved tinkering with computers. Maybe it was the promise of stability, good pay, and meaningful work. Now, after waves of layoffs, return-to-office mandates, and AI reshaping everything around us, those promises feel shaky, at best, and many of us feel 2/5

Lena Reinhard (she/they)

@lenareinhard.com

uncertain about what it all means — and what it means for us. This is an invitation to sit with that uncertainty, look at it, and find something unexpected on the other side. It speaks to what many people in tech are feeling but struggling to say out loud as the industry demands enthusiasm. 2/5

6/8/26, 8:59 am0 reposts0 likes

Lena Reinhard (she/they)

@lenareinhard.com

6 Aug

art, and poetry, combined with my own history, I trace how we got here — and where we might go from here. This content was first presented as an opening keynote at a software engineering conference in May 2026. I specifically made this version for YouTube. 4/5

Lena Reinhard (she/they)

@lenareinhard.com

6 Aug

I got *so* much feedback from so many engineers that it made them feel seen & said what they can’t say out of fear of repercussions. If this speaks to you, please share it with your friends & team members. Many people are not okay right now; this is my attempt at sketching out some paths forward.