#67 Pivoting from Architecture to Real Estate

This episode features three women who all left architecture for
the real estate world! Chi-Chi Lin, Danlu Li, and Yi Li all
studied architecture and practiced for a few years before
realizing that they wanted to do something else. After leaving
the profession and getting MSRED degrees, they now all work in
different areas of the real estate industry in New York City.


In our conversation, Chi Chi, Danlu and Yi Li share when each of
them realized they didn’t want to practice architecture anymore,
how they transitioned to their new careers, what they miss about
architecture, but what they love about their new work. They also
give great advice for people who want to pivot from architecture
to something else.


We also talk about the challenges of being a woman in real
estate, finding a firm that has your same values, and how both
architects and people in real estate are inherently futurists.