006: Tenille Bettenhausen: Soft Skills and Unexpected Career Twists
On today’s podcast we welcome 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 podcast
Links:
Tenille’s Book, Maybe I’ll Be An Architect: https://a.co/d/i5pn1rE
Tenille’s Podcast, Death By Architecture: https://open.spotify.com/show/5r296Dw7Wawo3RbYh3TKxF?si=43f196025d204cd8
Connect with Tenille on Instagram (@tenillebwrite) and her website (https://www.tenillebwrites.com/).
Architectette Podcast Website: www.architectette.com
Connect with the pod on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/architectette/), Instagram (@architectette), and TikTok (@architectette)
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