(Replay) 006: Tenille Bettenhausen: Soft Skills and Unexpected Career Twists

Today we are replaying our episode with Tenille Bettenhausen. Tenille is a client success manager at Microdesk where she leverages her 20+ years in AEC industries working in technical, business development, and construction specializations. She is also author of the book, Maybe I’ll be an Architect, as well as Host of the Podcast, Death by Architecture. We talk about:- How Tenille developed resilience through her job hunt after college, landing an unfulfilling job, and lay-offs.- Winning the Miss Long Beach Pageant which led to a new job in architecture.- Working on spaces in a hospital and later having a baby in one of her maternity ward projects.- The challenges of re-entering the profession after focusing on motherhood and how she leveraged her soft skills to become a business developer.- Her current role at Microdesk and how she, with a background in architecture, advocates for users of the software her company supports.- Her perspective on diversity in AEC industries, how she is contributes with her passion projects- her children’s book and architecture/true crime podcastOther Episodes You May Enjoy: 012: Ramune Bartuskaite: Encouraging Architects to Specify Better Materials013: Erin Alley: Rising to Leadership in Architecture through Inquiry, Inclusivity, and Innovation008: Evelyn Lee: Tech, Transformation, and Disruption within Architecture005: Eva Baker: An Architect Specializing in Laboratory Planning