Episode 082: Career Pivots

How do you navigate a career that adapts to changing needs over time?

In this week’s episode, we interview Tenille Bettenhausen, a Success Manager at Microdesk who has worn many different hats over time. Her path was not necessarily linear, but she has carved out a career that adapted to her changing priorities throughout life.

Tenille started in a traditional firm and has taken quite a few intentional career pivots working on the ownership side, with developers, general contractors, a trade association, and more. Come with us on her journey to explore:

• Meaningful career transitions
• Identifying and following your strengths
• Understand where you are passionate
• The importance of mentorship and listening to others
• And how to continue to explore creativity in different mediums. 

Did we mention Tenille is a fellow podcaster and host of Death by Architecture and a forthcoming children’s book author? We hope this episode inspires others to be intentional about their careers and understand that it’s about the journey, not a destination.

Guest:

Tenille Bettenhausen has been in the AEC industry for over 20 years.  The first 15 of those years in project, in architecture firms and local offices as a designer and project manager.  The last 6 years has been as a business developer and client relations strategist interfacing with clients.  Tenille has a degree in Architecture from Arizona State University and is currently on the Board of  Director for AIA Orange County and is co-chairing and mc-ing the 2023 Orange County Design Awards.  She is the podcast host of Death by Architecture, a short storytelling podcast centered around true crime in the AEC industry and the author of the upcoming children's book, "Maybe I'll be an Architect" due out in this fall.  Tenille is currently the Client Success Manager at Microdesk (a Autodesk software partner and technology strategy provider) where she truly believes that architecture and design lifts the human spirit and is a champion of goals that lead to knowledge diversification and consensus-building within our AEC firms.  

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Death by Architecture

Tenillebwrites.com

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