{
  "id": 18692097,
  "title": "I left my finance job to join the trades. Prestige and personal fulfillment aren't the same thing.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/i-left-my-finance-job-to-join-the-trades-prestige-and-personal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T10:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/left-corporate-finance-career-sell-roofs-blue-collar-trades-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Andrew Ringler, a 29-year-old co-owner and director of finance at a Michigan-based roofing company, traded a finance job for the roofing industry. Ringler, who graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in finance, initially planned to pursue a career in equity research. However, he took a consulting role in finance in 2019 and, upon starting it in August, found that he could make more money in roofing sales than in his consulting job. This realization led him to start working in roofing sales and eventually co-own his own roofing company, Pilot Roofing. Despite initial skepticism from friends and family, Ringler has thrived in the roofing industry, proving that prestige and personal fulfillment are not the same thing.",
  "summary": "Andrew Ringler planned on a career in finance. Instead, he now co-owns a roofing company and loves working in the trades.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}