NEW YORK — At a late-June happy hour in the shadow of One World Trade Center, a group of single women gathered to toast the end of a multiday heat wave. Margarita-fueled convos began to drift into the lamentable state of modern dating, stories about ghosting, being stuck with a bill and the overall bad behavior of men. Coming from jobs in consulting, biomedicine and education, most agreed they're looking for a relationship — but that what they aren’t looking for is a man in finance.
“It’s a job that shows a lot about your character and your ambition. … I know people who work 100-hour weeks in finance.” He’s not a fan, he said, and he’s switching to tech after college.