People ask what you do for living so they can calculate the level of respect to give you. Agree?

[Anonymous]

Agree

Disagree

[Jen1406]

Depends who is aking, if it is a friend or someone you met, it's just conversation and to get to know you, if it is in a professional situation, respect, if it's form debt, theu want to make sure if you can pay and if it's the government, they want to milk you dry.

[Tushnim]

It does seem to be the case most of the time. But sometimes people just make small talk as well. Or are curious.

[WhoDatGuy]

I'm always vague. The truth is I earn loads! Just don't want no gold diggers!

[ryanlightning]

No, sure I may get a bit of respect for the job I do but I would rather have respect for the accomplishments I've done. Its also a good way to start a conversation

[ladsin]

It's also interesting and gives you something to talk about, but I have a feeling that A is at least in part the rationale. Thus, I said A.

[ChaseParker]

Disagree: They're trying to make conversation and get to know you

[idiotmanchild]

They ask because they have nothing better to ask. Don’t think too much into it. It’s a boring question and very few people actually care about the answer unless it’s something truly noteworthy.

[DanOh2018]

That's why I always call myself a conjectureal technologist.

[TheTroubleMaker]

Never heard that before